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Mazara and Eaton reruns great picks. Or Alonso Jay Encarnacion. Or LaRoche/M.Cabrera. Hahn was simply terrible with FAs and the majority of his trades as well. Minor league drafting and development hardly any better.

Joke. Welcome to the 16 team playoff next year with ND guaranteed a spot for being Top 14 and ten spots to B10/SEC.

Not going by the Cease and King contracts. King will likely make $58 million combined in 2026/27 and he's only been a starter for roughly 1 1/2 seasons. But yeah Sox largely developed Sale Crochet Rodon Cease for other teams to benefit from.

Not only that.. but battling the Mets Braves Phillies in the same division. Getz doesn't have that "financial heavyweights" card to play.

Limiting Watson and Reed at least.

Michael Irvin...you would have thought he was actually in the game. Got from Paul/Joshua after-parties in Miami to College Station no worse for wear.

One exec called it 90. Off the charts!! While plenty of teams have balked at Murakami's strikeout rate, in-zone swing-and-miss and questionable defensive position, one high-ranking executive this week said: "He's still got 90 raw power." Meaning: Murakami's immense power breaks the scouting scale that ranks players on scores of 20 to 80. Passan/espn

That's actually Murakami's nickname, though. Because of his size/frame and personality, partially.

As long as it's not LAD NYM NYY Philly Toronto Boston Cubs...that's all impartial baseball fans can ask for.

You know we're in trouble when SoxTalk comes up on google as the best source for current/updated Murakami rumors lol. Even went to Japan Times sports to see if anyone was ahead of this story somewhere in the world. No dice. No Times of India/Hindustan Times.

I would put JMU over Oregon or Paul over Joshua as more likely... 7-0. That was fast. Although someone did actually bet $1.3 million on Joshua in that clown show/rigged fight.

Well, that will most certainly impact JR's decision-making process. Not even sure he knows that Murakami even exists...but "SoxTalk unite, and let's roll out!" Soxtimus Prime

You personally willed half of the Murakami/Sox rumors into existence. Well that, Schoenfield speculation and Duquette piling on because there's so little credible information to actually report.

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.

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..

Take the most athletic collegiate SS or CFer (preference) with at least an above average hit tool and plus defense.

Feels like the Cubs might come in with a 1-2 year offer. Pacifies frustrated fanbase. Imanaga/Suzuki. Big market for sponsorships, but not the pressure cooker of NY Boston Philly. Mariners Angels Red Sox Padres Cubs Pirates...one of those six.

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That might clear out half the system. Where would he play lol?

Gallo or Schwarber Lite at 25-27? Massive variance there.

They aren"t getting Bichette Bregman Tucker Bellinger. What exciting hitter remains??? Especially LHed? Plus nobody even knows what to expect from Colson this year. Cholowsky RHed as well. Perfect balance with Teel and Braden.

Rumors the Rays are trying to put together a significant package for Ketel Marte.

Not enough elite velo to prove anything. Imai one of the few remaining in starting rotations that throw upper 90s, and he'll get somewhere in Cease/Valdez territory. Murakami will stay in the US even if it's just a 1-2 year prove it deal according to all reports. He believes he can get a huge contract after that at just age 26-27. Remember how rare FA's in that age range are...

And he's too old for a team at least two years away...Murakami has age and growth/potential in his favor. Two years from prime for him.

He's not going more than 2-3 years if he doesn't get 5-8 years as originally targeted. 8/$180 was the mlbtr projection. A non contender/guaranteed playing time situation away from the major media markets makes some sense. But a deal for just two years or maybe three doesn't help the Sox as much as teams like the Pirates Red Sox Reds Mariners and Padres that are in win now mode and have (quite) relatively limited budgets. Then he crushes the ball and is off to the Dodgers to replace Muncy/Freeman.