Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 50	# 185
VBR	# 32	# 204

Projections

Runs	22	15
Home Runs	9	5
RBI	22	16
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.231	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 156

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 222

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 157

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 118

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	321	450

Runs	67	63

Hits	75	117

Singles	33	74

Doubles	13	25

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	29	17

RBI	58	77

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	69	40

Strikeouts	131	103

Batting Average	.234	.260

On Base Pct	.372	.322

Slugging Pct	.545	.433

On-base Plus Slugging	.917	.755

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	113

Runs	22	15

Hits	30	28

Singles	16	18

Doubles	5	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	5

RBI	22	16

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	13

Strikeouts	50	25

Batting Average	.231	.249

On Base Pct	.359	.328

Slugging Pct	.481	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.840	.746

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
News
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Atlanta with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Josh Bell went 2-for-5 in a 9-5 win over the Orioles on Monday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 11th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Josh Bell went 4-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 against the Royals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI in an 8-2 loss on Tuesday. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th
	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	Josh Bell went 3-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
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			Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#277
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#312
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#364
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#274
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#294
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#167	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#159
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#253
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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