18 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said:

I would be really disappointed if Murakami decided to ride Ohtani’s coattails. Too many other players have already done that. He can be the face of the team here. Hopefully that means something to him.

Forget lame "coattails" type of fan crap, If LAD offers him a Dodgers like contract, and the Sox offer him a Sox like contract, THAT should mean something to him.

31 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Forget lame "coattails" type of fan crap, If LAD offers him a Dodgers like contract, and the Sox offer him a Sox like contract, THAT should mean something to him.

If Ishbia wasn’t in the equation, I would have zero hope that Murakami is here for the long haul. We’ll have to see how it plays out.

8 years is.... the first year that Ishbia can take over on his own.

9 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said:

If Ishbia wasn’t in the equation, I would have zero hope that Murakami is here for the long haul. We’ll have to see how it plays out.

We can all hope, but until Jerry is gone, I am not convinced.

33 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

We can all hope, but until Jerry is gone, I am not convinced.

This is what I have such a hard time understanding. How was Ishbia ok with buying into this situation of another 8 years of JR continuing to add nails to the coffin. It seems the longer JR is in charge the more money it will cost to bring this franchise back to relevance.

17 minutes ago, supernuke said:

This is what I have such a hard time understanding. How was Ishbia ok with buying into this situation of another 8 years of JR continuing to add nails to the coffin. It seems the longer JR is in charge the more money it will cost to bring this franchise back to relevance.

Ishbia is obviously working behind the scenes. But I still haven't seen it really translate into the daily stuff.

4 hours ago, Colome's Hat said:

Kind of think he becomes our first $100 million signing. Multitude of reasons but also the fact that he brings in revenue like few other players can.

We give Getz crap but not only is this his best signing but it may prove to be the best free agent signing of the off season from any team.

Its april 21st. Long way to go.

21 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Its april 21st. Long way to go.

Definitely this. He's got great power on contact, but making contact consistently has been an issue through the first few weeks. If the pitchers are effective at exploiting him, it could be a long 2 years

Well his floor seems to be like a 2 WAR 1B. That's way better than anything else Getz has done FA wise. Upside maybe 4 WAR if he hits 210/330/510 which is a tall order even in today's 3TO league.

His defense at 1B seems average or slightly above. That was a nice play he made coming off the bag on Colson's toss the other day.

Murakami has pretty much been as advertised. Huge power along with lower batting average and decent defense at 1B. His eye at the plate is really good, probably better than expected. That has kept his strikeouts lower and his OBP pretty high.

If he can keep this up, the Sox could have their first 40+ HR guy in a while. And if that's the case, he will be getting a lot of attention from other teams in the off season and next season. I would love to see the Sox extend him, but as others have mentioned, as long as JR is involved, it's a long shot.