Who Should I Trade?

Ke'Bryan Hayes for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 49	‐
VBR	# 59	# 361

Projections

Runs	26	14
Home Runs	10	3
RBI	27	13
Stolen Bases	2	3
Batting Average	.226	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	# 344

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	288	161

Runs	60	14

Hits	68	23

Singles	33	16

Doubles	10	2

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	25	4

RBI	52	7

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	60	9

Strikeouts	118	34

Batting Average	.236	.143

On Base Pct	.369	.198

Slugging Pct	.531	.242

On-base Plus Slugging	.900	.440

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	127

Runs	26	14

Hits	35	30

Singles	19	22

Doubles	5	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	27	13

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	28	9

Strikeouts	60	27

Batting Average	.226	.239

On Base Pct	.355	.294

Slugging Pct	.466	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	.653

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B - CIN
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	Ke'Bryan Hayes went 1-for-2 in a 5-3 win over the Cardinals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	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 Reds activated Ke'Bryan Hayes from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Ke'Bryan Hayes went 4-for-5 with a home run for Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Reds have transferred Ke'Bryan Hayes' rehab assignment from High-A to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Reds sent Ke'Bryan Hayes on a rehab assignment at High-A Dayton. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 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			Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#228
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#334
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#189
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#279
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#163	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#119	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#414
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#253
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#256	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Ke'Bryan Hayes for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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