Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 48	# 249
VBR	# 38	# 280

Projections

Runs	29	21
Home Runs	12	4
RBI	29	18
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.231	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 60	# 235

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 243

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	# 208

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 359

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	271	200

Runs	59	26

Hits	66	42

Singles	32	34

Doubles	10	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	24	3

RBI	51	16

Stolen Bases	1	5

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	58	22

Strikeouts	109	51

Batting Average	.244	.210

On Base Pct	.378	.301

Slugging Pct	.546	.280

On-base Plus Slugging	.924	.581

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	169	154

Runs	29	21

Hits	39	36

Singles	21	24

Doubles	6	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	12	4

RBI	29	18

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	30	19

Strikeouts	65	37

Batting Average	.231	.233

On Base Pct	.358	.327

Slugging Pct	.478	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.837	.697

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
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	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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 Padres have activated infielder Jake Cronenworth off the concussion injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Jake Cronenworth will begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Jake Cronenworth is getting close to starting a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
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			Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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