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  "textContent": "<p>WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/04/01/munetaka-murakami-chicago-white-sox-debut\" target=\"_blank\" ><u>boisterous introduction</u></a> to Major League Baseball with three home runs in his first three games, the hits haven’t been easy to come by for Munetaka Murakami.</p><p>The slugger dubbed the Babe Ruth of Higo, Japan, has looked more like the Adam Dunn of yore with his three-true-outcome propensity, a big swing-and-miss profile the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox\" target=\"_blank\" ><u>White Sox</u></a> knew and embraced when it brought him down to their price range for a two-year, $34 million deal.</p><p>But to revive one of baseball’s worst offenses, the Sox will need some more positive outcomes from Murakami beyond the strikeouts, walks and dingers their 26-year-old first baseman has piled up in the early going. Murakami says he knows he can get there as he adjusts in kind to the big-league pitchers adjusting to his prodigious bat.</p><p>“The pitchers have come out with a different variety of pitches obviously from the first series and now. But again, it’s about getting used to it,” Murakami said <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/04/14/noah-schultz-white-sox-mlb-debut\" target=\"_blank\" ><u>earlier this week</u></a> via interpreter Kenzo Yagi, after smacking his first homer in 10 days to break a 1-for-25 skid at the plate. “I’m seeing a lot of pitches right now. Getting used to it and getting that preparation is my first priority.”</p><p>As the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/04/16/white-sox-head-west-with-that-familiar-losing-feeling-rays\" >Sox headed west</a> to open a three-game series against the Athletics, Murakami carried a lopsided .167/.346/.417 line over his first 19 career games, with five homers and five singles in 60 at-bats against a whopping 26 strikeouts and 17 walks.</p><p>He’s still buoying a cellar-dwelling Sox offense that was collectively below the Mendoza line (.195) to go with another MLB-worst OPS of .602.</p><div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center> <div class=\"Enhancement-item\" data-crop=\"\"> <figure class=\"Figure\"><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-ea0001\" name=\"image-ea0001\"></a> <picture data-crop=\"medium\"> <source type=\"image/webp\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/eed1be2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3107x1744+0+0/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F20%2F9e%2Fb537fc5e42fbbdff093810711f9f%2F2271388937.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/31f6dcc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3107x1744+0+0/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F20%2F9e%2Fb537fc5e42fbbdff093810711f9f%2F2271388937.jpg 2x\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" /> <source width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d7ec5df/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3107x1744+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F20%2F9e%2Fb537fc5e42fbbdff093810711f9f%2F2271388937.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" /> <img class=\"Image\" alt=\"Munetaka Murakami takes batting practice earlier this week at Rate Field.\" srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d7ec5df/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3107x1744+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F20%2F9e%2Fb537fc5e42fbbdff093810711f9f%2F2271388937.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/27d4ba8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3107x1744+0+0/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F20%2F9e%2Fb537fc5e42fbbdff093810711f9f%2F2271388937.jpg 2x\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-src=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d7ec5df/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3107x1744+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F20%2F9e%2Fb537fc5e42fbbdff093810711f9f%2F2271388937.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" > </picture> <div class=\"Figure-content\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\"><p>Munetaka Murakami takes batting practice earlier this week at Rate Field.</p></figcaption><span class=\"line\"></span><div class=\"Figure-credit\"><p>Michael Reaves/Getty Images</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p>While Murakami has shown elite figures through mid-April in bat speed (74.1 mph), average exit velocity (93.7 mph) and barrel percentage (22.9%), his whiff (41.3%) and strikeout (33.3%) rates were among the highest in MLB, according to Baseball Savant.</p><p>And while opponents’ initial scouting reports had them going after Murakami with high heat, they’ve swiftly zeroed in on a tendency to chase offspeed and breaking pitches — more than half of which Murakami has waved on.</p><p>But he says he’s fine-tuning his own response by putting in time with the Sox’ Trajekt machine, an artificial intelligence-powered system that can replicate any pitcher for batting practice.</p><p>“I was kind of letting the easy pitches pass by me, the breaking balls in early stages. But now I’m seeing the ball a lot better and I’m really getting into the plate with a lot more confidence,” Murakami said. “The routine really hasn’t changed that much. Obviously if a pitcher that is new is coming up, I will go in Trajekt and see a lot of pitches from them.”</p><p>Sox hitting director Ryan Fuller said he expects Murakami to “dial it back a little bit, see the ball a little bit deeper, use the whole field.”</p><p>“His ability to make adjustments at a really high level has been very impressive and you can see it. His swings are starting to be a little bit more fluid, finding the barrel a little bit more,” Fuller said.</p><p>General manager Chris Getz said he’s not worried about his big offseason splash.</p><p>“He is going through an adjustment period with catching up to some fastballs,” Getz said. “We know what he's capable of doing. The great thing is he's already shown [it] and I know that he believes in himself. Getting back into a home routine I think is going to serve him well.\"</p><p>The Sox’ Trajekt stays at Rate Field, but a little more time to settle into his new city and an entirely new country could serve Murakami well, too. He got to take in his first Blackhawks game in a box at the United Center with his teammates on Monday, his first Chicago off-day.</p><p>“It was really exciting and fun,” Murakami said. “It’s a grind, I’m going home, hotel, facilities and then a routine of that daily. 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  "title": "Munetaka Murakami adjusting to MLB pitching along with anemic White Sox offense",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-17T21:02:56.195Z"
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