Who Should I Trade?

Christian Koss for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 50	‐
VBR	# 32	# 659

Projections

Runs	22	10
Home Runs	9	2
RBI	22	9
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.231	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	317	81

Runs	66	5

Hits	74	16

Singles	33	13

Doubles	13	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	28	0

RBI	57	2

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	68	2

Strikeouts	129	20

Batting Average	.233	.198

On Base Pct	.371	.226

Slugging Pct	.539	.235

On-base Plus Slugging	.911	.461

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	89

Runs	22	10

Hits	30	21

Singles	16	15

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	22	9

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	23	5

Strikeouts	50	22

Batting Average	.231	.240

On Base Pct	.359	.283

Slugging Pct	.481	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.840	.632

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
News
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Christina Koss has a locker in the Giants clubhouse on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Christian Koss has a left wrist fracture and will be re-examined in two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	The Giants optioned Christian Koss to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	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
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			Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#356	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#319
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#311
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#339
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#214
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#390	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#319
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#167	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#393
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#252
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#252	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#359
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Koss for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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