Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami may be the most difficult free agent to evaluate as MLB’s Hot Stove gets underway.

The 25-year-old, left-handed slugger is coming stateside and has an extreme boom-or-bust profile driven by serious power and terrifying swing-and-miss concerns.

Is his ceiling worth betting on? Or are his flaws too much to overcome? Let’s figure it out.

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▶ Murakami in Review

Murakami debuted for the Yakult Swallows in t

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