Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 52	‐
VBR	# 50	# 1326

Projections

Runs	35	1
Home Runs	14	0
RBI	35	1
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.228	.194

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 41	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	55

Runs	50	8

Hits	54	12

Singles	26	5

Doubles	8	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	20	3

RBI	42	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	54	5

Strikeouts	96	17

Batting Average	.231	.218

On Base Pct	.376	.283

Slugging Pct	.521	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.897	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	203	9

Runs	35	1

Hits	46	2

Singles	25	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	14	0

RBI	35	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	36	1

Strikeouts	79	3

Batting Average	.228	.194

On Base Pct	.355	.273

Slugging Pct	.470	.326

On-base Plus Slugging	.825	.599

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
News
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	White Sox manager Will Venable confirmed that Munetaka Murakami will return to the lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	Munetaka Murakami is expected to be back in the White Sox lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Munetaka Murakami is starting a rehab assignment on Monday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#38	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#175
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#238	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Ryan Ward (2026)

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