Cubs starter Jameson Taillon tips his cap to Munetaka Murakami
The query was directed to Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillonnonetheless nursing the invisible psychic wounds left by a five-homer barrage from the White Sox in an 8-3 loss Saturday night time at Rate Field.
Now that you have laid eyes on him, Taillon was requested, did he perceive all of the fuss surrounding Munetaka Murakamithe Japanese slugger who up to now this season is outshining even the good Shohei Ohtani?
“Yeah, man,” he said of Murakami, who took Taillon deep twice, giving him 17 home runs for the season. “I can’t understand why 29 other teams weren’t interested, to be completely honest. Like some groupthink where people just decided they were out on him, and the whole league decided they were out.
“Like, it’s crazy to me. I mean, he can hit, he can put the ball in the seats, he’s young, he’s got a ton of juice, he’s got a presence up there, for sure. He controls the strike zone, he does a lot of things really well.”
Only Kyle Schwarberwith 20, has hit more home runs than Murakami, who had Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf calling out, “Big win” to varied Sox workers who waved as he made his manner by means of the ballpark foyer.
Baseball’s beloved statistician, Sarah Langswhose battle with ALS has gripped the trade, famous that Murakami and shortstop Colson Montgomerywho homered for the second straight night time, have homered in the identical recreation eight instances this season. That’s greater than every other duo in a crew’s first 45 video games in big-league historical past.
“Yeah, man, it is loopy to me that extra groups weren’t ,” Taillon said. “I don’t know what the situation was, but it seems like he’s got a great fit here, and he’s comfortable here, they’ve made him feel welcome, and that’s quite a show in how he’s playing.”
Swanson sits
Shortstop Dansby Swanson was given the night time off, with Nico Hoerner shifting to quick and Matt Shaw to second. Swanson had a double in 5 journeys in Friday night time’s 10-5 win, however within the 18 video games he has performed since his final residence run, April 24 in Los Angeles, Swanson is batting .161, has an OPS of .422, has simply three extra-base hits and 4 RBI. Bad luck could also be enjoying a component: His batting common for balls in play is simply .200.
