Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B,DH - TOR	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	# 25	# 55
VBR	# 18	# 45

Projections

Runs	30	29
Home Runs	8	12
RBI	29	30
Stolen Bases	2	3
Batting Average	.291	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 61

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	# 133

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 32	# 38

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	# 54

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 20	# 58

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 14	# 63

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B,DH - TOR	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	390	266

Runs	56	59

Hits	103	65

Singles	79	32

Doubles	18	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	24

RBI	43	51

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	45	58

Strikeouts	57	107

Batting Average	.264	.244

On Base Pct	.342	.380

Slugging Pct	.356	.549

On-base Plus Slugging	.699	.929

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B,DH - TOR	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	188	171

Runs	30	29

Hits	55	39

Singles	36	21

Doubles	10	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	12

RBI	29	30

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	24	31

Strikeouts	29	66

Batting Average	.291	.230

On Base Pct	.381	.359

Slugging Pct	.479	.476

On-base Plus Slugging	.860	.835

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B,DH - TOR	Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS
News
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is not in the Blue Jays lineup on Wednesday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow 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
	Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left Tuesday's game against the Nationals due to right hamstring tightness. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left Tuesday's game against the Nationals to begin the bottom of the fourth inning. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	Munetaka Murakami has been named as the final participant in Monday's Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 3-for-4 in a win over the Red Sox with one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The White Sox activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B,DH - TOR			Munetaka Murakami 1B,3B,DH - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Munetaka Murakami for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2026)

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