The best way a player can position himself for a monster contract ... for now, is NPB slugger Munetaka Murakami. The 25-year-old corner infielder has played in only one game so far in 2025 due ...

The best way a player can position himself for a monster contract ... for now, is NPB slugger Munetaka Murakami. The 25-year-old corner infielder has played in only one game so far in 2025 due ...

However, their long-term solution at the position might arrive next winter ... and star Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami.

among the six early favorites to sign Nippon Professional Baseball star Munetaka Murakami when he hits the free agent market in the winter. Murakami is a similar hitter to Matsui. So the idea of ...

Welcome to the Bleacher Report MLB 30 in '30 series, where we look ahead five years to the 2030 season and predict who will be the 30 best players at each position. Up next, first basemen.

Both are rated behind Alonso because Pete is even younger and plays a defensive position ... with outstanding horizontal movement. 9. Munetaka Murakami, Yakult Swallows 3B, age 25 As a 22-year ...

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows might have had visions that the return of Munetaka Murakami, the team’s star slugger who may be MLB-bound in the offseason, would kickstart the slumping franchise ...

“But there was a lot to be proud of being in that position ... international market starting next winter (for those inclined to look ahead, 25-year-old third baseman Munetaka Murakami projects ...

Munetaka Murakami's breakout year was 2019. He became the youngest Swallows player ever to start in the home opener at the age of 19. He was voted into the All-Star Game that year and participated ...

Later, after accepting an offer to join Waseda University as the chair of sociology and ethics, he took his idea to Shigenobu Ōkuma, Japan's Prime Minister in 1898 (he would return to the position ...