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Originally Posted by Bosoxfan5990
I'm stashing Murakami and waiting for the post-2025 posting bump.
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I liked Murakami a lot after 2022 due to the preternatural power. But there is genuine Yoshi Tsutsugo-risk in that he simply can't get to his power in-game. If he can't, he's Russell Branyan and stuck at 1B/DH.
First, the dead ball era in NPB is insane and has greatly suppressed the power in 2023-2024. But Murakami also plays in a relative bandbox in Yakult and is running a ~34% K rate against AAAA competition. Batted ball metrics have regressed significantly since the 2022 season. Dead ball or not, he's riding a 1% percentile contact rate in a league significantly worse than the MLB and isn't making improvement.