The modern-day Chicago White Sox have been plenty of things. Historic loser. Divisional afterthought. Dumpster fire.
And, for at least one day, this offseason, they got a chance to be a free agent factor.
On Sunday, Chicago signed Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami to a two-year, $34 million deal in one of the biggest free agent stunners in recent memory.
BREAKING: Third baseman Munetaka Murakami and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a two-year, $34 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Murakami, 25, is the single-season home run champion in Japan and will bring his prodigious power to a rebuilding White Sox team.