Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 49	# 256
VBR	# 55	‐

Projections

Runs	26	7
Home Runs	10	2
RBI	26	8
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.228	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 218

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 226

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	# 271

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	295	22

Runs	61	2

Hits	70	1

Singles	33	0

Doubles	11	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	26	0

RBI	54	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	62	5

Strikeouts	121	7

Batting Average	.237	.046

On Base Pct	.371	.214

Slugging Pct	.539	.091

On-base Plus Slugging	.910	.305

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	49

Runs	26	7

Hits	34	12

Singles	19	7

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	26	8

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	5

Strikeouts	59	13

Batting Average	.228	.245

On Base Pct	.355	.321

Slugging Pct	.471	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.826	.750

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
News
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Addison Barger underwent elbow surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger will undergo right elbow surgery. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Munetaka Murakami went 2-for-4 in a 6-1 win over the Rays with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Blue Jays transferred Addison Barger to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Yankees with a home run, three runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Addison Barger still has not been cleared to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Munetaka Murakami went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 12-3 win over the Astros with two home runs, three runs scored, and six RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Addison Barger is rehabbing through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS			Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#292
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#158	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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