Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Sal Stewart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 27	# 50
VBR	# 23	# 50

Projections

Runs	21	23
Home Runs	7	9
RBI	22	23
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.259	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	# 58

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 42	# 133

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 38

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 25	# 54

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	# 40

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	# 63

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	460	306

Runs	68	63

Hits	119	72

Singles	70	33

Doubles	23	12

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	26	27

RBI	88	55

Stolen Bases	12	1

Caught Stealing	4	3

Walks	53	64

Strikeouts	115	124

Batting Average	.259	.235

On Base Pct	.336	.370

Slugging Pct	.478	.539

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.909

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	144	135

Runs	21	23

Hits	37	31

Singles	23	17

Doubles	8	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	9

RBI	22	23

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	15	24

Strikeouts	34	53

Batting Average	.259	.226

On Base Pct	.334	.354

Slugging Pct	.462	.466

On-base Plus Slugging	.796	.820

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS
News
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-3 in a 9-8 win over the White Sox with a home run, four runs scored, two RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-4 in a 6-5 win over the Athletics with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	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
	Sal Stewart went 1-for-5 in Sunday's10-2 win over the Pirates with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 2-for-5 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in an 8-7 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, two walks, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN			Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#148
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#144
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#225	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#171
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#229
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#163	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#364
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#420
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#193
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#74	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#251
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#151
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#187	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Fri, May 22nd				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#188
Sun, May 24th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#156	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#192	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#291	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#336	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#98	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#342	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#91	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#139	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#276
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#91	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#343	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#177
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#40	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#337	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#178
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#177	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#427	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#164	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#150
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#212	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#63
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#156
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#98	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#44
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#165	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#188	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#213
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Sal Stewart (2026)

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