Inside the signing of Munetaka Murakami with David Keller

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, Chuck Garfien sits down with David Keller who runs international scouting for the White Sox to go behind the scenes of the signing of Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami. Keller breaks down what went into landing Murakami and why his special power made him a must-have target. The conversation also dives into who Murakami is as a player and beyond the box score — the type of person and teammate he’s expected to be in the clubhouse — and how his skill set translates to the major leagues. Plus, Keller shares how the White Sox are continuing to strengthen their international scouting footprint.

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0:00.0	Rep the South Side whenever you pay with your White Sox debit card from WinTrust Community Banks
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0:19.2	Hi, everyone, it's Chuck Garfine.
0:23.1	Welcome to the White Sox podcast.
0:26.1	It is brought to you, as always, by our great friends.
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0:30.2	show your team pride with the White Sox debit card.
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0:37.2	Okay, I'm in the Scouts Lounge. The WinTrust Scouts
0:40.3	lounge here at Rayfield. And I'm sitting down to talk with the head of international scouting
0:46.3	for the White Sox, and that is David Keller. And yeah, the Sox fans, you, me, were over the moon.
0:55.4	No pun intended. Over the Moon about the signing of Mooney Miracami,
0:58.9	who has seemingly come out of nowhere,
1:01.7	falling from the sky into the lapse of the White Sox
1:04.4	with that exciting signing.
1:06.7	And we're going to talk with David about what went on.
1:09.5	Behind the scenes to get them, what this means for the White Sox.
1:15.1	And we'll talk about Mooney's special power
1:18.2	and the kind of player, person, and teammate that he is.
1:21.6	Because David has been eyeing him for a long, long time.
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