Who Should I Trade?

Samuel Basallo for Sean Murphy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Sean Murphy C - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	# 329
VBR	# 214	# 708

Projections

Runs	10	6
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	11	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.242	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 96	# 265

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	# 346

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 168	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Sean Murphy C - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	313	52

Runs	36	4

Hits	72	11

Singles	45	7

Doubles	9	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	1

RBI	48	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	27	1

Strikeouts	93	19

Batting Average	.230	.212

On Base Pct	.294	.226

Slugging Pct	.428	.327

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.553

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Sean Murphy C - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	72	52

Runs	10	6

Hits	18	11

Singles	11	7

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	11	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	6

Strikeouts	20	16

Batting Average	.242	.219

On Base Pct	.312	.307

Slugging Pct	.440	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Sean Murphy C - ATL
News
	Samuel Basallo is not in the Orioles lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Sean Murphy went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 30th
	Samuel Basallo delivered a big swing in a small sample, making his lone trip to the plate count in Baltimore's tight win. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 23rd	Sean Murphy went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, a double, one RBI, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 6-5 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 27th
	The Orioles activated Samuel Basallo from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Braves have activated catcher Sean Murphy (finger) from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Samuel Basallo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a rehab game for Double-A Chesapeake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said Sean Murphy will require a "significant number of at-bats" on his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Samuel Basallo took batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Sean Murphy will begin a rehab assignment on Friday at Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL			Sean Murphy C - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#265	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Samuel Basallo for Sean Murphy (2026)

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