Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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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	# 50	‐
VBR	# 57	‐

Projections

Runs	17	‐
Home Runs	7	‐
RBI	18	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.226	‐

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	# 40	‐

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	345	‐

Runs	68	‐

Hits	77	‐

Singles	35	‐

Doubles	13	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	29	‐

RBI	58	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	71	‐

Strikeouts	142	‐

Batting Average	.223	‐

On Base Pct	.358	‐

Slugging Pct	.513	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.871	‐

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


At Bats	105	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	24	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Batting Average	.226	‐

On Base Pct	.355	‐

Slugging Pct	.466	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Carlos Vargas 3B,SS - FA
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
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	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
	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
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 (13-5)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
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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