Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Jose Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 410	# 973

Projections

Strikeouts	20	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.54	4.37
WHIP	1.27	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 427	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.0	16.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	46	25

Earned Runs	26	17

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	53	14

Walks	15	9

ERA	5.71	9.37

WHIP	1.49	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.7	4.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	4

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	4

Walks	7	2

ERA	3.54	4.37

WHIP	1.27	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
	Jose Alvarado gave up one hit while striking out two in a scoreless bottom of the ninth during Wednesday's 3-0 over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th	The Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	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
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Jose Alvarado (2026)

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