Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Nolan Schanuel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 49	# 190
VBR	# 59	# 228

Projections

Runs	26	19
Home Runs	10	3
RBI	27	17
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.226	.265

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	# 166

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 191

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	# 179

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 139

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	288	355

Runs	60	38

Hits	68	95

Singles	33	67

Doubles	10	21

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	25	7

RBI	52	39

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	60	35

Strikeouts	118	55

Batting Average	.236	.268

On Base Pct	.369	.340

Slugging Pct	.531	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.900	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	150

Runs	26	19

Hits	35	40

Singles	19	29

Doubles	5	8

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	27	17

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	28	18

Strikeouts	60	25

Batting Average	.226	.265

On Base Pct	.355	.352

Slugging Pct	.466	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	.737

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
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	Nolan Schanuel went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Giants with one RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Nolan Schanuel went 4-for-4 in Thursday’s loss to the Rangers with two doubles, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer 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	Nolan Schanuel went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run on Tuesday night, helping the Angels to a 5-1 victory over the Orioles. David Leisering Wed, Jun 24th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Nolan Schanuel went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Athletics with a solo home run, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Nolan Schanuel is in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Astros. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
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			Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#320
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#163	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#119	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#190
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#256	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Nolan Schanuel (2026)

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