Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith 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 Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 55	# 339
VBR	# 44	# 1154

Projections

Runs	30	9
Home Runs	12	1
RBI	30	7
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.230	.235

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	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	262	136

Runs	59	8

Hits	64	29

Singles	31	24

Doubles	9	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	24	1

RBI	51	8

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	58	16

Strikeouts	104	29

Batting Average	.244	.213

On Base Pct	.382	.299

Slugging Pct	.553	.272

On-base Plus Slugging	.935	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	175	66

Runs	30	9

Hits	40	15

Singles	22	11

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	30	7

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	31	7

Strikeouts	68	15

Batting Average	.230	.235

On Base Pct	.358	.323

Slugging Pct	.478	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.836	.675

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	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	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Josh Smith went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. He entered as a pinch hitter for Justin Foscue in the sixth inning and immediately delivered a solo homer to right field before adding an RBI infield single in the seventh. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
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 Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#370
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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