Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 577	# 696

Projections

Strikeouts	21	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.27
WHIP	1.36	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	# 318

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	23

Games Started	2	2

Innings Pitched	36.0	24.0

Wins	2	3

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	30	22

Earned Runs	19	12

Home Runs Allowed	10	2

Strikeouts	43	23

Walks	16	13

ERA	4.75	4.50

WHIP	1.28	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	21.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	2

Hits Allowed	18	19

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	20

Walks	9	10

ERA	4.17	4.27

WHIP	1.36	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
News
	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Steven Cruz allowed one run on one hit while striking out one across one frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Steven Cruz struck out three batters while allowing no hits and no earned runs, walking one over 1.1 frames in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 27th	Chris Murphy is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Steven Cruz will start on Friday for the Royals against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	White Sox reliever Chris Murphy has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Steven Cruz (2026)

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