MLB exec won't admit he was wrong about White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami for hilarious reason
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During the Major League Baseball offseason, there was a ton of intrigue about where Munetaka Murakami would wind up due to his shaky free agent market.
Teams have concerns about his game translating to the MLB level, but so far, those concerns appear to have been unfounded with Murakami putting up All-Star-level stats.
Jayson Stark of The Athletic shared how one anonymous MLB executive is refusing to admit his concerns about Murakami were wrong, and did so in a hilarious way.
MLB exec has a hilarious reason for refusing to admit he was wrong about Munetaka Murakami
"Maybe I'm just refusing to be wrong," one MLB exec said. "I don't know. Maybe I can admit in, like, a month or a year that I was just an idiot - and I was wrong. I thought he was going to strike out too much. And I didn't think he was going to hit."
There were a lot of worries about Murakami as a hitter, with his high strikeout rate and inconsistencies at the plate being a big reason for teams to potentially stay out of the bidding for Murakami.
Fortunately for the Chicago White Sox, they took the chance, and have been rewarded in a big way this season, as Murakami looks to be proving those doubters wrong.
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And this one MLB exec, who Stark took note of, was part of a team that actually "dug in on Murakami" this past offseason, provided a hilarious reaction to Murakami's success this year.
Through 154 at-bats, Murakami has 1.1 bWAR with 15 home runs and a .227 batting average with an .894 OPS. While his 64 strikeouts lead the American League, his overall offensive output is more than good enough to prove he can hit in MLB.
It is still early, and Murakami's number could go down. But, at least for now, Murakami's ascendance into MLB stardom has one MLB exec who passed on him in free agency trying to refuse admitting he was wrong about the $34 million White Sox star.
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