Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for David Bednar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 21	‐
VBR	# 190	# 717

Projections

Strikeouts	29	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	13	0
ERA	3.39	4.29
WHIP	1.18	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	# 318

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	21

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	40.0	21.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	0

Saves	18	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	32	21

Earned Runs	12	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	45	21

Walks	12	12

ERA	2.70	4.57

WHIP	1.10	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.4	22.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	20	20

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	29	21

Walks	9	11

ERA	3.39	4.29

WHIP	1.18	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
News
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	David Bednar struck out three batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in the Yankees' 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Yankees activated David Bednar from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	The Yankees have placed closer David Bedar on the paternity list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Chris Murphy is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#172
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#314	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#210	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#314
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#298	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-1)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#308	vs HOU
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs COL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for David Bednar (2026)

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