Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Josh Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Josh Walker RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 673	# 676

Projections

Strikeouts	14	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.41
WHIP	1.44	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 318	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Josh Walker RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	9

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	28.2	11.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	26	12

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	29	9

Walks	15	2

ERA	4.40	4.09

WHIP	1.43	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Josh Walker RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.3	14.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	14	14

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	13

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.30	4.41

WHIP	1.44	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Josh Walker RP - BAL
News
	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Orioles recalled Josh Walker from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Orioles returned Josh Walker to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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 Orioles placed Josh Walker on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Chris Murphy is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th	Josh Walker was sent back to Triple-A Norfolk ahead of Wednesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	White Sox reliever Chris Murphy has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th	The Orioles recalled LHP Josh Walker from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS			Josh Walker RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#234	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Josh Walker (2026)

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