22 year old Phenom Munetaka Murakami Makes HISTORY in Japan! 

Thank you for coming to Jingu Stadium❤

Does he hit the ball as far as shohei does?

@@mikesmitty9985 大谷には敵いません😅

No he's not

@@ronaldnixon8226 what do you gain from saying this lmao

@@ronaldnixon8226 🤡

@@mark5606 Truth

He's Going To The Chicago White Sox At The Southside

Future Chicago White Sox

He's Getting Number 13 In The White Sox Jersey

White Sox Needs A Back Up 1st Baseman Murakami Is The Guy

@@kennybegeske8824 HAHAA, We’ll see!! For some reason I keep seeing Orange and black like the Giants uniform, every time I saw him in the batter’s box. I even thought he was with the Yomiuri Giants for a time. Whatever, he’ll be great on any MLB team. I hope it’s for one of my teams: Mets, Yankees, Giants, Dodgers or Cardinals. The best fit are the Giants!!

Welcome aboard wow, glad you enjoyed the video! 🙏⚾

Future Mariners

I could see them winning a world series with the Giants

Future Cardinals And A St Louis Bastard

That 25 years old rule needs to be rectified

My thought's exactly it's like they get big game jitters

@ M74 .. - Any relation to former Giants' lefty pitcher, Masanori Murakami ?

And Hurry

Judge is better

@@ronaldnixon8226 no shit sherlock

@@lukeshieldsnature America #1 pal

@@ronaldnixon8226 next month we'll see

If MLB want to, they need to change the rules that force players under 25 from foreign leagues to work for just chicken feed as minor leaguers.

@@stdocyuze9000 it’s not just MLB, MLB needs to follow the requirements from NBP. This is not politics that Japan is going to bow down to the US. It’s a business. Why do you think there were many players could’ve played in the US but never had a chance such as Sadaharu Oh or Shigeo Nagasha. It wasn’t until Hedeo Nomo and Ichiro paved the way

@@jmnyc2100 I mentioned CBA that sets a limit to signing bonus paid to foreign players under 25. Don't you know about it?

@@rubytuesday4379 well apparently the US egotistical maniac thinks she is the center of the universe and majority of countries are standing up against the biggest bully on the planet except her puppets EU, Japan S. Korea and Australia

@@stdocyuze9000 perhaps MLB scout needs go to japan and scout some of high school talents during the summer tournament Koshien and nurture their talents in the minors or do what Ohtani did. However, there arw cultural differences and coming to the US as a 18 yo young man all by himself can be tough without any support system especially away from parents and friends

He's 6'2 and 213 lbs, basically the 2014-15 version of Trouter

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MLB could get him by 2025 age 25 when his contract runs out in a?few years.

It all depends on his posting fee but the same teams will make bids as per usual.

He Can Be A Future St Louis Bastard

St Louis Bastards Should Sign Him

So what if he stays in Japan? Why come here and face racism and hate?!

MLB and NPB must change the rule. Foreign player cannot engage major contract until 25yeas old. And NPBs posting and global free agent rule must be changed because it is hard to move for young players.

@@kuroneko7022 9⁹

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@@watarueltres5932 I get why they have that rule

Chicago White Sox At The Southside

Same swing

Looks more like the Japenese version of Trout. That swing has no similarity with Ohtani

Tanaka : Yankees Darvish : Rangers Suzuki : Cubs

Guessing Giants, Mariners, Mets or Yankees

Theres no excuses to miss out on him.

Stubborn pride

As a Swallows fan: Because with the guys like Tuffy and Cabrera, the pitchers would actively pitch around. As in not even challenging them. But with Murakami, you could tell he was going into a slump. The pitchers did challenge him a lot. He was swinging at pitches he wouldnt swing at before, and he sacrificed accuracy for power just to try and get over the last hump. He was hitting under .150 in that period, but was still walked a decent amount(he has the highest walk rate in the NPB by a mile these past 2 seasons).

@@Bobhydara3 bullshit

The reputation of Japanese league pitchers pitching around foreign players to hinder their chance to break Oh's record is rooted primarily in one particular event when Randy Bass of Hanshin Tigers who in 1985 had 54 HRs going into the final game of the season against Tokyo Giants, was walked intentionally in 4 of 5 at bats. This event received especially high volume of Japanese and foreign media coverages because Giants is the team Oh played his entire career + Oh was managing the team at the time (though it was revealed later that the decisions to walk Bass were made by the pitching coach without Oh's consent). This incident was vocally criticized even among the Japanese baseball community and, of course, the fans. One good thing that came out of it is that it helped to change the attitude of Japanese teams and pitchers when facing the foreign players on the verge of breaking not just Oh's but also a Japanese baseball record. It made them more conscious, even weary, of being the target of criticisms, which prompted them to be more inclined to challenge foreign hitters. This is evidenced by the fact 3 foreign hitters have since either tied or broken Oh's season HR record - Wladimir Valentin with 60 (Breaking Oh's season HR record and setting a new Japanese baseball record) in 2013. Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera with 55 (Tying Oh's record) in 2001 and 2002, respectively.

@@Bobhydara3 Guy just proved you dead wrong, I knew it.

Ohtani NPB:22HR MLB:46HR

Matsui hit plenty of bombs with the Yanks.

@@rayfinkle9369 he was decent hitter but never replicate the power he demonstrated in Japan to MLB as he had only one 30hr plus season. So no point to hype Japanese sluggers until they can prove like Ohtani but he is a rare talent to come along.

@@SP-ve1im Matsui was LITERALLY the unicorn Japanese power hitter until Shohei came along. 170+ HR, World Series MVP off his 3 HRs against the Phillies. He averaged more HR than Jeter, Posada, Bernie and was more or less the same as Robinson Cano. I'd say he delivered what they were promised. You've simply moved the goal posts for Japanese players beyond what is reasonable. lol

No power??? Matsui won WS's MVP because of his HR's.

He would definitely be a welcomed addition to the team.

well you need patience because he can't do nothing for the next five years

He can literally make baseball grow for japanese and asians alike just like how Ohtani did.

What an embarrassing post. As an asian, most asian males embarass me.

As designated hitter and pitcher it's a no brainer of course his statistics are going to be more remarkable.