Yankees already have eyes on signing slugger for 1B next offseason | ‘Would love to have him’
Slugging corner infielder Munetaka Murakami plans to make the jump from Japan to Major League Baseball in 2026, he announced in December, via Yahoo Japan. The 2025 season will be his last in Japan, as long as his team, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, complies, prompting what will be a mad frenzy to sign him when (or if) he is posted next offseason.