Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Kenley Jansen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 78	‐
VBR	# 329	# 947

Projections

Strikeouts	23	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	4.15	4.38
WHIP	1.28	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 64	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 64	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 122	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	16.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	25

Earned Runs	12	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	29	14

Walks	16	9

ERA	4.21	9.37

WHIP	1.29	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.9	7.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	18	7

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	7

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.15	4.38

WHIP	1.28	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen nailed down a save in a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	Jayden Murray reported to join the Cubs on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen picked up a save in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st	The Astros traded Jayden Murray to the Cubs for minor-league first baseman Cameron Sisneros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	The Astros designated Jayden Murray for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Tigers have activated right-hander Kenley Jansen from the 15-day IL ahead of Friday's series opener against the Guardians. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th	The Astros recalled Jayden Murray from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Kenley Jansen (2026)

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