00:00Murakami, before going out with injury, still had a 900 OPS in his previous seven games.
00:05He has been steady all throughout the year, and man, has he been a sight to behold.
00:10That power from the left side is tremendous, and that power is so pronounced that as much as we like
00:15a Ryan Clifford,
00:16you wouldn't even hesitate to trade a Ryan Clifford to bring a Murakami into your organization.
00:20Because Murakami's at the age of 26. That's the same age as Mark Vientos, okay?
00:24At Murakami, it feels like the sky's the limit for him and his potential at the major league level with
00:27that power implementation.
00:28His ability not to just pull a baseball with authority. He can go gap to gap. He can go opposite
00:32field.
00:33He's not this massive defensive liability that we initially thought he was going to be made out to be.
00:38His base running also hasn't been the worst thing imaginable either.
00:41Again, things that there were narratives and certain viewpoints on regarding him prior to hitting the states
00:47coming from the Nippon Pro Baseball League in Japan are not reigning true.
00:51A lot of those narratives are being nipped in the butt because of Murakami's great early play at the major
00:55league level.
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