{"id":704937,"date":"2026-05-30T20:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/704937\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T20:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:04:14","slug":"white-sox-place-munetaka-murakami-on-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/704937\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox Place Munetaka Murakami On Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"

TODAY: Murakawmi has a Grade 2 hamstring strain and will miss 4-6 weeks, Venable told SoxMachine\u2019s James Fegan<\/a> and other reporters.\u00a0 Chicago officially placed Murakami on the 10-day IL today, and selected infielder Jordan Gonzalez<\/a> (as reported yesterday<\/a>) to take his spot on the active roster.<\/p>\n

MAY 29: The White Sox\u2019s dramatic win tonight over the Tigers didn\u2019t come without a cost. Munetaka Murakami<\/a> left the game with right hamstring tightness. Manager Will Venable said postgame that while the team was still awaiting testing results, the rookie slugger could miss a couple weeks (relayed by Scott Merkin of MLB.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Murakami tweaked his hamstring in the third inning. He hustled to beat out a potential double play ball and favored his leg after getting through the bag. Venable said postgame they believe there\u2019s a strain and will know more about the severity after tomorrow\u2019s imaging. Miguel Vargas<\/a> kicked over to first base to finish the game.\u00a0Colson Montgomery<\/a> slid from shortstop to third base, while\u00a0Luisangel Acu\u00f1a<\/a> handled short.<\/p>\n

It halts a phenomenal start to Murakami\u2019s big league career. He easily leads rookies with 20 home runs, tying him with Yordan Alvarez<\/a> for second in MLB behind\u00a0Kyle Schwarber<\/a>. The strikeout concerns that were oft-mentioned haven\u2019t stopped him from being one of baseball\u2019s most feared sluggers. Murakami is hitting .240\/.378\/.560 over his first 246 plate appearances.<\/p>\n

Vargas hit a two-run, walk-off shot against\u00a0Drew Anderson<\/a> with two outs in the tenth inning. That pushed the Sox to a season-high three games above .500. They\u2019re only three games back of the Guardians in the AL Central and currently occupy the second Wild Card spot.<\/p>\n

The Sox will reportedly bring up<\/a> infield prospect\u00a0Jacob Gonzalez<\/a> tomorrow as the corresponding move. Vargas seems likely to handle everyday first base duties for a few weeks. Gonzalez and Montgomery would get the majority of the playing time on the left side of the infield. Acu\u00f1a can pick up occasional middle infield work, while second baseman\u00a0Chase Meidroth<\/a> is also able to slide to the other side of the bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TODAY: Murakawmi has a Grade 2 hamstring strain and will miss 4-6 weeks, Venable told SoxMachine\u2019s James Fegan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,128516,85],"class_list":["post-704937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-munetaka-murakami","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}