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https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/scouting-report-munetaka-murakami/

Helpful against Skubal and Ragans...to name a few.

Any mention of platoon splits?

That's pretty much a given. Will probably get tired of them. Which is a good thing, compared to the last two seasons. See Ohtani generating an extra $100-150 million per year in revenue for LAD. One would guess Close has a very strong sense how much Suzuki and Imanaga earn in additional opportunities on the Northside from Japanese companies.

BA's scouting report suggests fastballs aren't an issue and won't be once he acclimates. It's the spin and the offspeed stuff that is the bigger concern.

Not well though...LF arm.

His swing doesn't look particularly long to me I think it was probably just a product of being one of the most scouted players in the league and how in Japan almost every pitcher has an arsenal of off speed junk even if they are topping out at 92. If a Japanese pitcher is hitting 93+ he's probably on the verge of being good enough for MLB. He's gonna strike out like 200 times. But can he hit 240/300/500? We'll see.

Amazing

Throw in king Sosa and it should be enough for Griffin.

It's hard to run in sandals, but I'm okay with it.

It's almost a Soxtalk meme at this point.

Robert being injured 50+ games at his salary does nothing for me, nor this team. Eat money, package him if you have to, and trade him.

It's technically like a late 1st round talent. So there is real value there and it affects your bonus pool, which arguably is even a better value that the pick itself. There were rumors last year the Sox tried getting the Reds comp pick for Robert. I honestly don't know if Robert has that much value remaining unless the Sox absorb so salary in the deal.

I still feel like Robert to the Pirates makes so much sense for both sides. I’d take Thomas Harrington tbh

Even the median outcome guys would be mostly good if we’re looking at age 26,27 seasons.

How are the comp picks valued by other teams? Would we be able to trade for one without Robert?

I think Robert is as good as gone, and Sosa wouldn't surprise me either.

I understand why everyone wants to do these extremely low sample comps, but in reality they are pretty much useless in terms of projecting anything. There’s always bound to be just as much different about any two players as there can be that’s the same, in terms of how they actually get to their results. I think the big factor here is age. Many really good hitters from NPB have failed to make the transition to the MLB stuff/velo profile when they’ve come in their late 20s or 30s. I presume a connection between waning athleticism and the ability to make huge adjustments. Murakami at age 25/26 is promising, but we have to remember that numerical age is just a proxy for biological/athletic age, and guys with this body type do tend to peak athletically sooner. I’ll say I don’t think there’s any doubt that age 22-24 Murakami could make the necessary adjustments, evidenced both by his WBC arc and the way the NPB kept redefining how to get him out, the big question will be if age 26-27 Murakami retains that adaptability. Btw separately, Tyler is a really great source if anyone wants to consume any NPB content. He really puts a ton of time into watching and analyzing everything from top team NPB to college prospects.

If they actually want to compete this year, yea keeping Robert makes sense. But they've been going around in circles with him from building around him, to wanting to move him. to not moving him and on and on. Maybe it's just time to bid him adieu. They really need a comp pick so try to work something out with the Reds. And see if anyone would take Benintendi for 1/2 salary. It's time for him to go too. That's 27.5 freed up.....et tu, Tucker?

Poles looks like he's taking it in. Warren oozes pick-me energy. Also, after Warren's Indiana bullshit, love Jaylon changing up Tremaine's "if you don't know, now you know" to "they KNOW. It's Chicago."

Like I said I don’t want him…but depending on the prospect return it could be well worth it. It’s only a 1 year so the risk is pretty minimal. Castellanos has been at odds with Thompson/the Phillies for a couple of years. Who knows, maybe if you give him the RF job with no pressure he can turn back into the .250/.315/.470 hitter with 30+ HR power. No doubt he’s an awful RF that drags down his value, but 20 HR’s with a respectable WRC+ at the deadline could draw trade interest as a platoon/DH for a playoff team. Eisert for Casty, Jean Cabrera, and Carson Demartini?

This is true. But just generally, this will add up to a few million bucks. Not nothing, but also not even close to offsetting the investment. Unfortunately, the league currently retains the right to sell the international broadcasts to nhk

It was based on some random small sample size of incomplete data

That was false