Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Romy Gonzalez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 55	# 239
VBR	# 61	# 350

Projections

Runs	33	14
Home Runs	13	4
RBI	33	15
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.228	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	# 245

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 58	# 217

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 197

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Romy Gonzalez 1B,2B,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	243	57

Runs	53	6

Hits	58	12

Singles	28	7

Doubles	8	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	22	1

RBI	48	7

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	54	4

Strikeouts	97	19

Batting Average	.239	.211

On Base Pct	.378	.286

Slugging Pct	.543	.351

On-base Plus Slugging	.921	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Romy Gonzalez 1B,2B,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	193	109

Runs	33	14

Hits	44	28

Singles	24	18

Doubles	7	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	33	15

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	35	7

Strikeouts	75	30

Batting Average	.228	.257

On Base Pct	.356	.307

Slugging Pct	.471	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.827	.727

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Romy Gonzalez 1B,2B,DH - BOS
News
	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	The Red Sox activated INF Romy Gonzalez from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Romy Gonzalez will not be activated from the injured list for Saturday’s game against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Romy Gonzalez is expected to return from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	White Sox manager Will Venable confirmed that Munetaka Murakami will return to the lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Romy Gonzalez told reporters he is targeting Saturday against the Yankees for his season debut. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Munetaka Murakami is expected to be back in the White Sox lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Romy Gonzalez is playing in a rehab game on Tuesday in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
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			Romy Gonzalez 1B,2B,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#133	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Romy Gonzalez (2026)

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