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Was I against? A) I didn't think he was in their plans or budget. Now he appears to be. B) All I've heard is he is a big strike out risk. They want a LHH 1B. He also plays 3B, so they have the ability to rotate with him. Signing him would be cool, signaling the end of their time in the wilderness, perhaps. Not signing him wouldn't anger me. A small bunch are playing the same game they did with Elko and such, like, they have 40-man space, so why not make a catastrophic $100M mistake? Getting on the map would be fun. I'm dubious about him being part of the next core. They could always slap a QO on him if he's good enough to opt out. You originally assured everyone the Sox couldn't sign him, and now that he appears to be in their range, you're trying to "save face" and poor mouth the kid. LOL.

Levine was marched out there to say his one or two sentences about this topic. If you listened to the rest of Inside the Clubhouse though they talked at length about how the Sox arent signing anyone that is gonna be a 3 year impact or a guy you establish as a core guy. Even in the Levine phrasing itself, wishfully everyone is ignoring the part where he says he's 'heard a little talk about__' I think to get its own thread something like this should at its core have an actual reported rumor, and this doesnt even have that.

I heard he’s taking shots of Malort with Pritzker.

I heard he is in a booth at Soldier Field right now with Ishiba and Obama.

I need to see a more concrete report that we are interested than the speculation/fit pieces that have been dropped.

WestEddy being totally against Murakami and then wavering and stating lukewarm support for his potential marketing impact in order to demonstrate alignment with Getz actually signing him...so which is it, for or against? No conditions or if under a certain number of years/dollars....you are either for or against signing Murakami??? I, for one, am firmly for the signing. He's exactly what the White Sox need. Someone who people would pay to watch hit. 2+ years ago I started a thread asking who would fans pay to actually watch hit besides Robert/Burger? There were no good answers with C.Montgomery struggling mightily at the time. Now there's Colson Teel Braden Murakami (in theory) Cholowsky/Emerson/LeBron and the #2/3 draft picks behind him that would all answer that question. Heck, maybe even Bonemer.

Veeck would do it !

I would love this. I will be even further elated if the White Sox get a competitive balance pick in a Pirates/Robert trade.

I know we hear that this is a high talent level draft and there could be kids who come on strong during the season but as of now is the talent level greater among the college kids or HS kids ? Don't you think that with a decent core in the making now that its possible that 2 of the top 3 picks could be collegians with an eye on 2028 and 2029 to be back to being a lot more competitive if Cholowski and a high quality collegian in the 2nd round is available who has a high ask that might be available to the Sox ?

Yes, dynamic fast defensive outfielder please.

Has anyone besides the Padres actually MET with him or his agent in the last week or so? "Now, you have local verification that Murakami to the White Sox goes beyond just a mere suggestion or a guess from the national media: 670theScore’s baseball insider Bruce Levine revealed on his Saturday morning radio show that the White Sox should not be ruled out for Murakami’s services." Levine is merely just piling on or echoing the echo chamber here. Are all the teams sworn to total secrecy by the agents for the three main Japanese FA's? Weird. More twists and turns based on so little information...at least with Machado, we had two separate ESPN banner headlines about how imminent a signing was perceived to be..

https://www.southsidesox.com/chicago-white-sox-commentary-and-analysis/118812/can-the-white-sox-sign-munetaka-murakami

This still looks more like speculation than an actual report

100% this is the way

The Cubs literally have nowhere for this guy to play. Again, nobody reputable have reported that Sox actually have interest other than what Levine said this morning.

My guess would be Roch and then preps in 2nd and 3rd. Thats always the most value.

Hey @ChiliIrishHammock24, please see the tweet above or is that also too much reading for you. Either way, if we land him we all agree you get first dibs on his nickname.

The hate is strong in this one

Not really seeing anything concrete tying the Sox to him. That said, if they spent 5 years, $80M I'd say why the hell not. It represents trying to win a little bit, which I appreciate. He's a young player. And if it completely flops, it's not an amount of money that kills you in the long run.

I would hope this would quiet the ND fans, but we all know better.

Offers would just be the same next year. Nobody in Japan throws hard anyways so he'd face the same questions. And most he'd make in Japan is like 2-3 million. So he'd delay another year towards MLB free agency (on the ither end) while also still leaving tens of millions on the table even on the lowest ends.

Yea... I'm not watching all that, but I'm happy for you, or I'm sorry that happened.

I think the "story" is in the video, but it's all the same slop. Bloggers and Podcasters repeating the same rumor followed by, "it can certainly happen", or "this is a move they should make".

It took more time for the link to load than me to read the 1 sentence "report"