Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 55	‐
VBR	# 45	# 416

Projections

Runs	32	16
Home Runs	13	5
RBI	33	16
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.229	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	246	164

Runs	54	20

Hits	59	41

Singles	29	26

Doubles	8	8

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	22	7

RBI	48	19

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	56	13

Strikeouts	98	37

Batting Average	.240	.250

On Base Pct	.382	.322

Slugging Pct	.541	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	.922	.749

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	188	122

Runs	32	16

Hits	43	29

Singles	23	18

Doubles	7	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	13	5

RBI	33	16

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	33	12

Strikeouts	73	33

Batting Average	.229	.237

On Base Pct	.355	.312

Slugging Pct	.472	.417

On-base Plus Slugging	.828	.730

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
News
	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	Jared Young went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	White Sox manager Will Venable confirmed that Munetaka Murakami will return to the lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd
	Munetaka Murakami is expected to be back in the White Sox lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st
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			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
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, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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