Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Daniel Palencia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	‐
VBR	# 302	# 697

Projections

Strikeouts	20	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.77	4.31
WHIP	1.29	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 95	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 70	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 318

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	21

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	16.2	21.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	17	21

Earned Runs	5	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	21

Walks	6	12

ERA	2.70	4.57

WHIP	1.38	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	22.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	15	20

Earned Runs	8	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	20	20

Walks	8	10

ERA	3.77	4.31

WHIP	1.29	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is not expected back until after the All Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The White Sox activated LHP Chris Murphy from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Daniel Palencia resumed a throwing program on Monday Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Chris Murphy is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia will not be re-evaluated till after the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	White Sox reliever Chris Murphy has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs COL
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Daniel Palencia (2026)

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