White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami on Pace to Break Rookie and AL Single-Season Home Run Records
No it’s not Judge. It is not Raleigh. And we are not talking about Alvarez. The home run leader thus far this season is a Chicago White Sox. And now the White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami is not only on pace to break the rookie home run record … but also the AL single-season home run record.
Simply amazing. Absolutely impressive. Murakami is a rookie that some felt might not translate in the MLB due to him facing major league pitching. However, Munetaka is proving all of his naysayers wrong and is on pace to have a record breaking season.
Major League Baseball predicts that Munetaka Murakami is on pace to knock the oblivion out of a baseball over 60 times; for a total of 67 home runs. The league also believes that Munetaka can reach 128 RBIs over the course of the 2026 season.
On Monday, against the Los Angeles Angels rookie Murakami blasted his 12th homer and inched closer towards a couple of records. In the bottom of the 7th, he crushes Pomeranz’s low straight fastball into the right-field stands. Regarding this development, Major League Baseball revealed,
Munetaka Murakami is not only on pace to break the rookie home run record … but also the AL single-season home run record!
AL single-season home run record: Aaron Judge (62, 2022).
Rookie home run record: Pete Alonso (53, 2019).
White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami on Pace to Break Rookie and AL Single-Season Home Run Records
Munetaka Murakami’s home run total surpassed Judge and Alvarez on Monday evening putting him at the top of MLB all by himself. But come Tuesday, he had some company. Right now the top six home run leaders have 10 or more homers this season. The list currently looks like this:
White Sox Munetaka Murakami— 12
New York Yankees Aaron Judge— 12
Houston Astros Yordan Alvarez— 11
New York Yankees Ben Rice— 10
Washington Nationals James Wood— 10
Cincinnati Reds Elly De La Cruz— 10
Chicago is two games behind the leaders of the AL Central pack, the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians. The Guardians and Tigers both have 15 wins and the White Sox have 13. But if Murakami keeps swinging a mean bat, Chicago has plenty of opportunity to catch up.
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