Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Sean Newcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 233	‐
VBR	# 426	# 698

Projections

Strikeouts	25	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.78	4.31
WHIP	1.37	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 193	# 318

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	21

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	55.0	21.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	0

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	40	21

Earned Runs	15	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	53	21

Walks	19	12

ERA	2.45	4.57

WHIP	1.07	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.2	22.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	24	20

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	25	20

Walks	10	10

ERA	3.78	4.31

WHIP	1.37	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
News
	Sean Newcomb struck out four while not allowing a hit or walk over three scoreless innings in Saturday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Sean Newcomb was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Yankees with a left triceps contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
		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
		Chris Murphy is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
		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
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS			Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Sean Newcomb (2026)

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