Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	# 73
VBR	# 52	# 90

Projections

Runs	25	22
Home Runs	10	7
RBI	26	23
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.229	.251

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	# 111

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 77

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 66

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 133

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 42

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	# 74

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	295	448

Runs	61	52

Hits	70	111

Singles	33	75

Doubles	11	20

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	26	14

RBI	54	63

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	62	68

Strikeouts	121	117

Batting Average	.237	.248

On Base Pct	.371	.358

Slugging Pct	.539	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.910	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	147	150

Runs	25	22

Hits	34	38

Singles	18	22

Doubles	5	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	7

RBI	26	23

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	19

Strikeouts	57	42

Batting Average	.229	.251

On Base Pct	.358	.346

Slugging Pct	.477	.453

On-base Plus Slugging	.835	.799

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
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	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 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	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
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			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Munetaka Murakami (2026)

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