Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 49	‐
VBR	# 37	# 1116

Projections

Runs	29	8
Home Runs	12	3
RBI	29	9
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.231	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	‐

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	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	275	31

Runs	59	9

Hits	67	14

Singles	33	7

Doubles	10	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	24	4

RBI	51	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	58	0

Strikeouts	112	8

Batting Average	.244	.452

On Base Pct	.376	.469

Slugging Pct	.542	.936

On-base Plus Slugging	.918	1.404

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	168	63

Runs	29	8

Hits	39	15

Singles	21	10

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	3

RBI	29	9

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	5

Strikeouts	65	16

Batting Average	.231	.244

On Base Pct	.359	.304

Slugging Pct	.479	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.838	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	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	Eduardo Valencia went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 11-0 win over the Athletics with two doubles, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Eduardo Valencia went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's 14-0 win over the Orioles with two home runs, three runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Eduardo Valencia is with the Tigers on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Eduardo Valencia was sent down to Triple-A Toledo ahead of Monday's game against the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
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			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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