Who Should I Trade?

Shane Murphy for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1082	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	3
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.78	4.68
WHIP	1.59	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 464	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	9.90	‐

WHIP	2.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.7	3.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	5

Earned Runs	6	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	3

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.78	4.68

WHIP	1.59	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
News
	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN			Shane Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 24th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Murphy for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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