1 hour ago, 77 Hitmen said:

So, he's a born and raised South Sider!

There's also a bit of a Sox/Cubs dynamic with the Yakult Swallows and the Yomiuri Giants, including the Swallows stadium being the more southern one in Tokyo

On 2/8/2026 at 8:33 PM, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

When are you expecting him to be called up ? And to play where ? Dependent on a Sosa trade ?

This aged well.

1 hour ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

This aged well.

didn't it? They had to trade Sosa to bring up Ant-man, or it all happened in the same flurry of moves.

3 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

didn't it? They had to trade Sosa to bring up Ant-man, or it all happened in the same flurry of moves.

I was reading the Mune stuff again and I comped him to Thome or Schwarber back on Jan 1. Dont know if it was the 1st time I said it .

April 13 Sosa traded, April 15th Antonacci brought up.

Edited Sunday at 10:38 PM1 day by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

18 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

I was reading the Mune stuff again and I comped him to Thome or Schwarber back on Jan 1. Dont know if it was the 1st time I said it .

April 13 Sosa traded, April 15th Antonacci brought up.

• Batting Average: .276

• Home Runs: 612 (8th all-time)

• Hits: 2,328

• RBIs: 1,699

• Runs Scored: 1,583

Murakami hitting over .240 would be pretty shocking to most.

Raw power to all fields and batter's eye/strike zone command...Thome at the end of his career late 2000's just a much bigger guy physically.

9 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

• Batting Average: .276

• Home Runs: 612 (8th all-time)

• Hits: 2,328

• RBIs: 1,699

• Runs Scored: 1,583

Murakami hitting over .240 would be pretty shocking to most.

Raw power to all fields and batter's eye/strike zone command...Thome at the end of his career late 2000's just a much bigger guy physically.

You don't have to be an exact copy of the guy to be comped. Both big strong LHP power hitters who walk and K a lot and play 1st base was enough for me back on Jan. 1. Remember Mune also won a batting title in Japan. He could hit above . 250. He's still working it all out. He was at .242 just yesterday. Schwarber was in case he did become the 3 true outcome guy. Nailed the walks, K's and HRs wasnt sure if the hit tool would carry over. Not too shabby back on Jan 1st considering we have been hearing Schwarbers name brought up a lot since Mune really took off in the last week.

I think we aren’t too far from the Sox having to be honest with themselves. Who knows if next season gets played. Everyone is looking for power. They need to determine if they are going to be in the ballpark when he can get offers from other teams. If not, they should consider trading him. If they could get a Crochet like package, as much of bummer it would be to see him leave, that’s 3 or 4 really good prospects acquired just because other teams weren’t sure he could play. That’s a big win.

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

• Batting Average: .276

• Home Runs: 612 (8th all-time)

• Hits: 2,328

• RBIs: 1,699

• Runs Scored: 1,583

Murakami hitting over .240 would be pretty shocking to most.

Raw power to all fields and batter's eye/strike zone command...Thome at the end of his career late 2000's just a much bigger guy physically.

Thome also was named Thome, so we can only compare Munetaka Murakami to other Japanese hitters named Munetaka Murakami.

16 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

I think we aren’t too far from the Sox having to be honest with themselves. Who knows if next season gets played. Everyone is looking for power. They need to determine if they are going to be in the ballpark when he can get offers from other teams. If not, they should consider trading him. If they could get a Crochet like package, as much of bummer it would be to see him leave, that’s 3 or 4 really good prospects acquired just because other teams weren’t sure he could play. That’s a big win.

2-3 prospects…Top 25-30, Top 65-80 then a Wiki González like flier

15 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

I think we aren’t too far from the Sox having to be honest with themselves. Who knows if next season gets played. Everyone is looking for power. They need to determine if they are going to be in the ballpark when he can get offers from other teams. If not, they should consider trading him. If they could get a Crochet like package, as much of bummer it would be to see him leave, that’s 3 or 4 really good prospects acquired just because other teams weren’t sure he could play. That’s a big win.

Not sure if the Sox make an effort to extend him butIm thinking JR wants the coffers to fill up a bit before they think about trading him.

Lets say attendance goes up a decent amount from last year as does some advertising revenue and merchandising that can be directly tied to Murakami's presence and they made an extra $5+M , I think next years trade deadline is liklier.

Would it suck ? Oh yea but unless you have a lot of willingness from MM to sign an extension I dont trust JR to offer enough and I have zero reason to believe Ishbia wants to act like the owner before he becomes the owner . JR could live as long as Virginia McCaskey.

I havent exactly heard anything about putting a new person besides Brooks Boyer in charge of courting revenues from high profile Japanese Companies. Until I do hear that the Sox do know what they are doing in that regard I'll just guess the possible sponsors need a longer contract to Mune and more people in the ballpark and more watching on TV to make a bigger commitment monetarily . I need to be up to speed.

Also extends his record for most rookie HRs in March/April

now 4th in mlb 1B fWAR @ 1.2

tied with Sal Stewart Cincy

approximately 6.0 pace more or less