Who Should I Trade?

Francis Pena for Jayden Murray (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Francis Pena RP - SD	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 969

Projections

Strikeouts	2	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.21
WHIP	1.43	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Francis Pena RP - SD	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	16.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	25

Earned Runs	‐	17

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	14

Walks	‐	9

ERA	‐	9.37

WHIP	‐	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Francis Pena RP - SD	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	8.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	8

Earned Runs	1	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	2	7

Walks	1	4

ERA	4.29	4.21

WHIP	1.43	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Francis Pena RP - SD	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
		The Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
		Jayden Murray reported to join the Cubs on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
		The Astros traded Jayden Murray to the Cubs for minor-league first baseman Cameron Sisneros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
		The Astros designated Jayden Murray for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		The Astros recalled Jayden Murray from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Francis Pena RP - SD			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs DET
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Francis Pena for Jayden Murray (2026)

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