Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 50	# 123
VBR	# 32	# 146

Projections

Runs	22	15
Home Runs	9	5
RBI	22	18
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.231	.254

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 143

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	# 129

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 54	# 113

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 163

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 63	# 77

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	317	297

Runs	66	34

Hits	74	69

Singles	33	49

Doubles	13	12

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	28	6

RBI	57	34

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	68	37

Strikeouts	129	60

Batting Average	.233	.232

On Base Pct	.371	.318

Slugging Pct	.539	.347

On-base Plus Slugging	.911	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	118

Runs	22	15

Hits	30	30

Singles	16	19

Doubles	5	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	5

RBI	22	18

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	12

Strikeouts	50	21

Batting Average	.231	.254

On Base Pct	.359	.331

Slugging Pct	.481	.434

On-base Plus Slugging	.840	.765

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC
News
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	The Royals activated 1B Vinnie Pasquantino from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	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	The Royals could activate Vinnie Pasquantino from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	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	Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-5 in his first rehab game on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	Munetaka Murakami went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Vinnie Pasquantino will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Vinnie Pasquantino is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
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			Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#356	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#410
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#390	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#252	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#408
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

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