Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Jordan for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 55	‐
VBR	# 45	# 419

Projections

Runs	32	15
Home Runs	13	4
RBI	33	17
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.229	.255

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 187

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	246	108

Runs	54	10

Hits	59	25

Singles	29	17

Doubles	8	5

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	22	1

RBI	48	22

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	56	5

Strikeouts	98	15

Batting Average	.240	.232

On Base Pct	.382	.256

Slugging Pct	.541	.343

On-base Plus Slugging	.922	.599

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	188	127

Runs	32	15

Hits	43	32

Singles	23	22

Doubles	7	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	33	17

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	33	7

Strikeouts	73	19

Batting Average	.229	.255

On Base Pct	.355	.298

Slugging Pct	.472	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.828	.699

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL
News
	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	Blaze Jordan went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a triple, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Blaze Jordan went 3-for-5 in a win over the Cubs with three runs scored and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Blaze Jordan went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a double and three RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 25th
	White Sox manager Will Venable confirmed that Munetaka Murakami will return to the lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Blaze Jordan went 2-for-4 in a win over the Twins with a home run, a triple, two runs scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th
	Munetaka Murakami is expected to be back in the White Sox lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Blaze Jordan was called up by the St. Louis Cardinals and will make his MLB debut on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
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			Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Jordan for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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