Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 49	‐
VBR	# 55	# 1157

Projections

Runs	26	7
Home Runs	10	2
RBI	26	6
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.228	.217

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	291	71

Runs	61	10

Hits	69	16

Singles	33	10

Doubles	10	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	26	2

RBI	53	15

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	61	14

Strikeouts	119	18

Batting Average	.237	.225

On Base Pct	.370	.353

Slugging Pct	.540	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.910	.719

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	53

Runs	26	7

Hits	34	11

Singles	19	8

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	26	6

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	8

Strikeouts	59	15

Batting Average	.228	.217

On Base Pct	.355	.334

Slugging Pct	.471	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.826	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
News
	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	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	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	Astros manager Joe Espada said LaMonte Wade Jr. is recovering faster than expected. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
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			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#301
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#145
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#158	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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