Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 50	‐
VBR	# 52	‐

Projections

Runs	25	‐
Home Runs	10	‐
RBI	26	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.229	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	295	‐

Runs	61	‐

Hits	70	‐

Singles	33	‐

Doubles	11	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	26	‐

RBI	54	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	62	‐

Strikeouts	121	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.371	‐

Slugging Pct	.539	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.910	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	147	‐

Runs	25	‐

Hits	34	‐

Singles	18	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	10	‐

RBI	26	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	27	‐

Strikeouts	57	‐

Batting Average	.229	‐

On Base Pct	.358	‐

Slugging Pct	.477	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.835	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
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	The Pirates designated INF Enmanuel Valdez for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	The Pirates optioned INF Enmanuel Valdez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	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
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			Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#326
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#191
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ DET
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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