Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Justin Sterner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 329	‐
VBR	# 738	# 1015

Projections

Strikeouts	14	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.41
WHIP	1.34	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.2	16.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	46	25

Earned Runs	29	17

Home Runs Allowed	11	3

Strikeouts	40	14

Walks	13	9

ERA	6.12	9.37

WHIP	1.38	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.0	7.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	13	8

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	7

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.40	4.41

WHIP	1.34	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Justin Sterner (2026)

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