Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 49	‐
VBR	# 55	‐

Projections

Runs	26	‐
Home Runs	10	‐
RBI	26	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.228	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Carlos Vargas 3B,SS - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	291	‐

Runs	61	‐

Hits	69	‐

Singles	33	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	26	‐

RBI	53	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	61	‐

Strikeouts	119	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.370	‐

Slugging Pct	.540	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.910	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Carlos Vargas 3B,SS - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	‐

Runs	26	‐

Hits	34	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	10	‐

RBI	26	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	27	‐

Strikeouts	59	‐

Batting Average	.228	‐

On Base Pct	.355	‐

Slugging Pct	.471	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.826	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Carlos Vargas 3B,SS - FA
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
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	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
	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
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS			Carlos Vargas 3B,SS - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#158
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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