Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 60	‐
VBR	# 61	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	11	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.222	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 60	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	393	‐

Runs	73	‐

Hits	82	‐

Singles	38	‐

Doubles	14	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	30	‐

RBI	62	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	82	‐

Strikeouts	167	‐

Batting Average	.209	‐

On Base Pct	.347	‐

Slugging Pct	.473	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	63	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	14	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	12	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Batting Average	.222	‐

On Base Pct	.357	‐

Slugging Pct	.460	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.817	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk.. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	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
	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
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			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#112	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#165	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#86	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#161
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46

Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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