Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker 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 Walker 1B - HOU
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	# 90
VBR	# 37	# 100

Projections

Runs	22	19
Home Runs	9	7
RBI	23	21
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.229	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 100

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	# 109

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 65

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 82

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 94

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	# 72

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	315	445

Runs	64	61

Hits	74	103

Singles	33	55

Doubles	13	24

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	28	23

RBI	57	71

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	65	42

Strikeouts	128	117

Batting Average	.235	.232

On Base Pct	.368	.310

Slugging Pct	.543	.445

On-base Plus Slugging	.911	.755

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	131	135

Runs	22	19

Hits	30	32

Singles	16	18

Doubles	5	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	7

RBI	23	21

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	14

Strikeouts	51	37

Batting Average	.229	.235

On Base Pct	.358	.315

Slugging Pct	.474	.436

On-base Plus Slugging	.832	.752

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
News
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Christian Walker went 2-for-5 in a 10-7 win over the Mariners with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th
	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 Walker went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Christian Walker went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in Friday's 9-5 win over the White Sox with a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS			Christian Walker 1B - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#134
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#143	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#288
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#246
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#44
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#214
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#252	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#280
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#401
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#66	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#287
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#260
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#117	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#241	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#314
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#408
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#127
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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