Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 173	‐
VBR	# 498	# 947

Projections

Strikeouts	32	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.38
WHIP	1.43	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 229	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	10

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	70.1	16.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	25

Earned Runs	40	17

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	57	14

Walks	23	9

ERA	5.12	9.37

WHIP	1.31	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	39.9	7.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	7

Earned Runs	19	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	32	7

Walks	14	3

ERA	4.26	4.38

WHIP	1.43	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
	Trevor McDonald left his start early on Monday due to a right elbow injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Trevor McDonald left Monday's start early with a trainer. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Jayden Murray reported to join the Cubs on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Trevor McDonald allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over seven innings in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Astros traded Jayden Murray to the Cubs for minor-league first baseman Cameron Sisneros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Trevor McDonald allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits and one walk over 2 1/3 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Astros designated Jayden Murray for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Trevor McDonald allowed one hit while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Wednesday’s win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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