Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 55	‐
VBR	# 45	‐

Projections

Runs	32	3
Home Runs	13	1
RBI	33	3
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.229	.190

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	246	18

Runs	54	3

Hits	59	2

Singles	29	0

Doubles	8	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	22	0

RBI	48	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	56	1

Strikeouts	98	8

Batting Average	.240	.111

On Base Pct	.382	.200

Slugging Pct	.541	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.922	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	188	21

Runs	32	3

Hits	43	4

Singles	23	3

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	33	3

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	33	2

Strikeouts	73	7

Batting Average	.229	.190

On Base Pct	.355	.261

Slugging Pct	.472	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.828	.570

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
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	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	White Sox manager Will Venable confirmed that Munetaka Murakami will return to the lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	Munetaka Murakami is expected to be back in the White Sox lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
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			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIN
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 (4-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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