Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Tyler Black (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 52	‐
VBR	# 53	# 1373

Projections

Runs	33	0
Home Runs	14	0
RBI	34	0
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.228	.118

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	# 485

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	27

Runs	50	2

Hits	54	9

Singles	26	5

Doubles	8	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	20	0

RBI	42	7

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	54	1

Strikeouts	96	7

Batting Average	.231	.333

On Base Pct	.376	.357

Slugging Pct	.521	.482

On-base Plus Slugging	.897	.839

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	196	5

Runs	33	0

Hits	45	1

Singles	24	0

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	14	0

RBI	34	0

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	35	1

Strikeouts	77	2

Batting Average	.228	.118

On Base Pct	.354	.202

Slugging Pct	.471	.158

On-base Plus Slugging	.825	.359

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
News
	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Milwaukee Brewers optioned Tyler Black to Triple-A Nashville on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, May 12th
	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Tyler Black went 2-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a double, a walk, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, May 1st
	White Sox manager Will Venable confirmed that Munetaka Murakami will return to the lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Brewers recalled Tyler Black from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Munetaka Murakami is expected to be back in the White Sox lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Brewers have optioned infielder Tyler Black to Triple-A Nashville. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 20th
	Munetaka Murakami is starting a rehab assignment on Monday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
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			Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs STL
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Tyler Black (2026)

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