Who Should I Trade?

Max Anderson for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Max Anderson 2B,3B - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	‐
VBR	# 41	# 1342

Projections

Runs	19	0
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	19	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.226	.259

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 40	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Max Anderson 2B,3B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	341	‐

Runs	68	‐

Hits	76	‐

Singles	34	‐

Doubles	13	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	29	‐

RBI	58	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	71	‐

Strikeouts	139	‐

Batting Average	.223	‐

On Base Pct	.359	‐

Slugging Pct	.516	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.875	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Max Anderson 2B,3B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	110	1

Runs	19	0

Hits	25	0

Singles	13	0

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	19	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	20	0

Strikeouts	43	0

Batting Average	.226	.259

On Base Pct	.356	.315

Slugging Pct	.471	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.827	.716

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Max Anderson 2B,3B - DET
News
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk.. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	The Tigers have reassigned infielder Max Anderson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	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
	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
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
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			Max Anderson 2B,3B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#143	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#166
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#177
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#143
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#252
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#365
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#385	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#235
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#290
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#109	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#162	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#191	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#236	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#99	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#170	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Max Anderson for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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