Chicago White Sox: Munetaka Murakami breaks silence after suffering injury
The Chicago White Sox have enjoyed more success so far this year than probably anyone thought they would. After three straight 100+ loss seasons, most everyone believed that Chicago would, once again, be one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball.
But they are currently 30-27 and in second place in the American League Central Division. What is more, they are one of just four teams in the entire American League with a record over .500. If the season ended today, they would be in the postseason with a Wild Card spot.
One of their best players thus far has been Japanese rookie slugger Munetaka Murakami, who has proven all his doubters wrong since coming over to join the White Sox. Unfortunately, he is going to be out for a while.
Chicago White Sox star Munetaka Murakami addresses media after hamstring injury
Through the first 57 games of the 2026 season, Murakami is hitting .240/.378/.560 with 20 home runs (which leads the American League) and 41 RBI. He also leads the American League with 43 runs scored.
Unfortunately, he suffered a grade-two hamstring strain on Friday night, and will be out for the next four-to-six weeks. The White Sox placed him on the 10-day injured list on Saturday morning, and called up Jacob Gonzalez from Triple-A to take his spot on the Major League roster.
Also on Saturday morning, Murakami addressed the media for the first time since the news of his injury broke:
“There’s a lot of ways to contribute to the team…I’ll keep doing that so they can keep grinding as a team.”
Munetaka Murakami spoke this morning after suffering a hamstring strain on Friday night: pic.twitter.com/6PQivIAxUj
— White Sox on CHSN (@CHSN_WhiteSox) May 30, 2026
“It’s disappointing, at this stage, to be injured. But there a lot of different ways to contribute to the team, like carrying on, and other things. So I’ll keep doing that so they can keep grinding as a team.”
When asked how his hamstring felt this morning, he answered simply, “It hurts. It hurts.”
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