How Munetaka Murakami is actually better than expected for White Sox
The $34 million slugger is beating expectations this season.
How Munetaka Murakami is actually better than expected for White Sox originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Chicago White Sox made a mildly surprising addition this past offseason when they went out and signed Japanese superstar slugger Munetaka Murakami to a $34 million contract.
It was a deal less than what many expected Murakami could get, and it is also paying off dividends already this season. Through just the first 21 games of the year, Murakami is hitting at an incredible rate. His early-season success has MLB.
com's Scott Merkin believing Murakami is better than expected. The reason is clear: he's looking like more than just the three-true-outcome hitter many projected he'd be in the Majors. Munetaka Murakami is better than expected "White Sox: Munetaka Murakami is as expected.
Actually, he's better," Merkin writes. "... He has started more as a three-true-outcomes sort of player: home runs, walks, and strikeouts.