Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Paul DeJong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 60	‐
VBR	# 77	‐

Projections

Runs	9	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	9	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.218	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 60	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	401	‐

Runs	74	‐

Hits	83	‐

Singles	38	‐

Doubles	14	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	31	‐

RBI	64	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	82	‐

Strikeouts	170	‐

Batting Average	.207	‐

On Base Pct	.345	‐

Slugging Pct	.474	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.819	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	53	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.218	‐

On Base Pct	.352	‐

Slugging Pct	.446	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
News
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Pirates with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 10th	The Tigers released SS Paul DeJong. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th	Paul DeJong (hamstring) suffered a hamstring injury and will undergo season-ending surgery. David Leisering Fri, May 22nd
	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 signed INF Paul DeJong to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Anthony Volpe (shoulder) is expected to be activated from the injured list this week, leaving the Yankees with little room to promote DeJong without a corresponding roster move. DeJong has posted a .900 OPS with six home runs across 22 games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th
	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	The Yankees reassigned SS Paul DeJong to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS			Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#171
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#164
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#176
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#164
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#363
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#138
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#238
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#116
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#116
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#87
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#34
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Paul DeJong (2026)

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