Star Japanese slugger linked to four MLB teams

Another Japanese star may make the jump to Major League Baseball this offseason, and four teams are being linked to him.

Slugging infielder Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows is seen as likely to try to make the jump from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball to MLB this offseason. Jon Heyman of the New York Post suggested that Murakami could be a fit for the Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, and Boston Red Sox.