Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Porter Hodge (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 698	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.31	‐
WHIP	1.44	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 318	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	21.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	22.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.31	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Porter Hodge RP - CHC
News
	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Cubs transferred RHP Porter Hodge to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Porter Hodge underwent reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
	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	Porter Hodge will undergo season-ending UCL surgery on his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Chris Murphy is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said that the goal is for Porter Hodge to begin playing catch around April 1. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 24th
	White Sox reliever Chris Murphy has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th	Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters Porter Hodge will begin the season on the injured list with a right elbow flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS			Porter Hodge RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ BOS
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)	#210
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#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 Porter Hodge (2026)

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