Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers 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 Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 55	# 112
VBR	# 42	# 268

Projections

Runs	31	18
Home Runs	13	6
RBI	32	19
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.229	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	# 86

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	# 148

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 40	# 138

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 124

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 58	# 201

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 71

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	258	330

Runs	57	63

Hits	62	88

Singles	30	52

Doubles	9	16

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	23	18

RBI	49	60

Stolen Bases	1	8

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	58	52

Strikeouts	104	101

Batting Average	.240	.267

On Base Pct	.381	.371

Slugging Pct	.543	.491

On-base Plus Slugging	.923	.861

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	121

Runs	31	18

Hits	42	27

Singles	23	16

Doubles	6	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	6

RBI	32	19

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	33	17

Strikeouts	71	40

Batting Average	.229	.228

On Base Pct	.356	.331

Slugging Pct	.473	.424

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	.755

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
News
	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 Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow 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	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Rockies with a double, one walk, one stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rockies with three runs scored, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	White Sox manager Will Venable confirmed that Munetaka Murakami will return to the lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Jake Bauers went 0-for-2 in Saturday's loss to the Pirates with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
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			Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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