Who Should I Trade?

Brett Baty for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 60	# 251
VBR	# 60	# 355

Projections

Runs	16	8
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	16	8
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.226	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 202

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 208

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 47	# 275

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 396

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	356	365

Runs	71	45

Hits	79	79

Singles	36	54

Doubles	14	16

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	29	8

RBI	58	40

Stolen Bases	1	5

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	75	36

Strikeouts	147	113

Batting Average	.222	.216

On Base Pct	.359	.289

Slugging Pct	.506	.332

On-base Plus Slugging	.865	.621

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	94	65

Runs	16	8

Hits	21	15

Singles	11	10

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	16	8

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	6

Strikeouts	37	19

Batting Average	.226	.233

On Base Pct	.355	.303

Slugging Pct	.466	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF,DH - NYM
News
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk.. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	Brett Baty went 1-for-3 with a grand slam and a walk in Monday's 8-5 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 11th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Brett Baty went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Brett Baty went 2-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Brett Baty went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Brett Baty went 2-for-6 in a win over the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, May 19th
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			Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Brett Baty for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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