Who Should I Trade?

Alex Freeland for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 49	‐
VBR	# 34	# 1356

Projections

Runs	28	1
Home Runs	12	0
RBI	29	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.229	.196

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 406

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	284	196

Runs	59	24

Hits	67	46

Singles	33	36

Doubles	10	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	24	3

RBI	51	19

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	60	22

Strikeouts	116	68

Batting Average	.236	.235

On Base Pct	.370	.312

Slugging Pct	.525	.316

On-base Plus Slugging	.895	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	166	11

Runs	28	1

Hits	38	2

Singles	20	2

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	0

RBI	29	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	1

Strikeouts	64	3

Batting Average	.229	.196

On Base Pct	.356	.269

Slugging Pct	.475	.253

On-base Plus Slugging	.831	.522

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
News
	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 Dodgers optioned INF Alex Freeland to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Alex Freeland went 3-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Alex Freeland went 3-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a walk, two RBI and a stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Alex Freeland went 2-for-3 in a 9-1 win over the Phillies with a home run, a double, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Dodgers recalled INF Alex Freeland from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS			Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#131	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124	vs KC	Daniel Lynch
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#234	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Freeland for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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