Who Should I Trade?

George Lombard for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 49	‐
VBR	# 55	# 377

Projections

Runs	26	16
Home Runs	10	3
RBI	26	14
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.228	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 168

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	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	291	13

Runs	61	4

Hits	69	5

Singles	33	3

Doubles	10	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	26	2

RBI	53	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	61	3

Strikeouts	119	4

Batting Average	.237	.385

On Base Pct	.370	.500

Slugging Pct	.540	.846

On-base Plus Slugging	.910	1.346

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	120

Runs	26	16

Hits	34	27

Singles	19	17

Doubles	5	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	26	14

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	27	14

Strikeouts	59	37

Batting Average	.228	.223

On Base Pct	.355	.310

Slugging Pct	.471	.355

On-base Plus Slugging	.826	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
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	George Lombard Jr. went 2-for-3 in a win over the Braves with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. 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	George Lombard Jr. went 1-for-2 in a 2-0 win over the Cardinals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	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	George Lombard Jr. is in the lineup for the New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
	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	George Lombard Jr. has been called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by the New York Yankees according to Jack Curry. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
	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	The Yankees activated George Lombard from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
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			George Lombard 2B,3B,SS - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#323
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#158	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

George Lombard for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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