Who Should I Trade?

Joey Meneses for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 55	‐
VBR	# 42	# 1381

Projections

Runs	31	0
Home Runs	13	0
RBI	32	0
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.229	.185

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Joey Meneses 1B - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	258	20

Runs	57	1

Hits	62	3

Singles	30	3

Doubles	9	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	23	0

RBI	49	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	58	3

Strikeouts	104	4

Batting Average	.240	.150

On Base Pct	.381	.280

Slugging Pct	.543	.150

On-base Plus Slugging	.923	.430

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Joey Meneses 1B - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	3

Runs	31	0

Hits	42	1

Singles	23	0

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	32	0

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	33	0

Strikeouts	71	1

Batting Average	.229	.185

On Base Pct	.356	.222

Slugging Pct	.473	.247

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	.469

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Joey Meneses 1B - ATH
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	The Athletics designated 1B Joey Meneses for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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 Athletics optioned 1B Joey Meneses to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Athletics recalled Joey Meneses from Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Athletics selected the contract of 1B Joey Meneses from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	White Sox manager Will Venable confirmed that Munetaka Murakami will return to the lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Athletics reassigned INF Joey Meneses to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
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			Joey Meneses 1B - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Meneses for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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