Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 50	# 140
VBR	# 52	# 716

Projections

Runs	25	9
Home Runs	10	3
RBI	26	9
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.229	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 135

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	# 109

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 134

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 209

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 122

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	295	300

Runs	61	37

Hits	70	74

Singles	33	46

Doubles	11	11

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	26	16

RBI	54	44

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	62	24

Strikeouts	121	79

Batting Average	.237	.247

On Base Pct	.371	.308

Slugging Pct	.539	.450

On-base Plus Slugging	.910	.758

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	147	70

Runs	25	9

Hits	34	17

Singles	18	11

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	26	9

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	7

Strikeouts	57	17

Batting Average	.229	.247

On Base Pct	.358	.314

Slugging Pct	.477	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.835	.721

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY
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	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Tigers with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 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	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 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	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s win over the White Sox with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th
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			Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#198
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU

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Munetaka Murakami for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

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