[Passan] BREAKING: Third baseman Munetaka Murakami and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a two-year, $34 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Murakami, 25, is the single-season home run champion in Japan and will bring his prodigious power to a rebuilding White Sox team.
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Surprisingly cheap deal for Murakami. I have to think the Pirates could have beaten this. Maybe they just weren’t high on him.
And this is why media projections don’t mean shit.
MLBTradeRumors had him at 8/$180
I very much understand the hesitancy to give this guy a 4+ year deal but 2 years 34 million is an offer we could have and should have beat.
wtf lol
Well, the pirates could have easily done that, but I guess they weren’t sold on the bat or his ability to field
Makes me wonder what Okamoto is gonna sign for
That sticker number is surprisingly low. Need someone to do some actual reporting now and figure out why the Pirates weren’t a suitor. Maybe they had no shot at him, but it would be nice to know why.
The credible rumors around Murakami were non-existent leading up, so who knows.
Why do these imports always go to bad teams lol
Not saying the pirates aren’t bad but man they’re better than the white sox