Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 49	‐
VBR	# 59	# 1259

Projections

Runs	26	2
Home Runs	10	0
RBI	27	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.226	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	# 371

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	288	14

Runs	60	0

Hits	68	4

Singles	33	3

Doubles	10	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	25	0

RBI	52	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	60	1

Strikeouts	118	2

Batting Average	.236	.286

On Base Pct	.369	.333

Slugging Pct	.531	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.900	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	12

Runs	26	2

Hits	35	3

Singles	19	2

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	27	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	28	1

Strikeouts	60	3

Batting Average	.226	.218

On Base Pct	.355	.263

Slugging Pct	.466	.334

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	.597

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
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			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#229
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#163	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#119	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#256	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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