Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Spencer Steer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	# 144
VBR	# 52	# 1082

Projections

Runs	25	8
Home Runs	10	2
RBI	26	8
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.229	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 163

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	# 168

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 131

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 215

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 152

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	# 122

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	295	340

Runs	61	54

Hits	70	81

Singles	33	50

Doubles	11	15

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	26	16

RBI	54	40

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	62	35

Strikeouts	121	86

Batting Average	.237	.238

On Base Pct	.371	.319

Slugging Pct	.539	.424

On-base Plus Slugging	.910	.742

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	147	57

Runs	25	8

Hits	34	14

Singles	18	8

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	26	8

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	6

Strikeouts	57	14

Batting Average	.229	.237

On Base Pct	.358	.322

Slugging Pct	.477	.412

On-base Plus Slugging	.835	.734

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
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	Spencer Steer removed his splint on Monday to do mobility exercise with his hand. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Spencer Steer will have his wrist re-evaluated on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	Spencer Steer will be re-evaluated in two weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	The Reds are placing Spencer Steer on the injured list after suffering a hand/wrist injury on Sunday. 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	Spencer Steer left Sunday's game early with an apparent hand injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
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			Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#401
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#182
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#346
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD

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Munetaka Murakami for Spencer Steer (2026)

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