Munetaka Murakami Next Team Odds: Could Dodgers Land Another Japanese Star?

Munetaka Murakami joining the Dodgers would be the worst-case scenario for about every other MLB team.

Murakami, 25, is the latest Japanese superstar who will make his way to Major League Baseball, as he officially became a free agent on Friday.

Where will he land ahead of the 2026 MLB season?

Check out the odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Nov. 7.

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Munetaka Murakami next team

Padres: +550 (bet $10 to win $65 total)
Red Sox: +550 (bet $10 to win $65 total)
Mets: +600 (bet $10 to win $70 total)
Dodgers: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)
Mariners: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)
Yankees: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)
Any other team: +700 (bet $10 to win $80 total)
Giants: +850 (bet $10 to win $95 total)
Phillies: +850 (bet $10 to win $95 total)
Rangers: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)

Murakami is an infielder (third baseman) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. He is a two-time Nippon Professional Baseball Central League MVP and four-time NPB All-Star. He also led the Central League in home runs twice, and the Swallows are required to post him to the MLB ahead of the 2026 season.

He was a part of the Japan team that won the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

Here is a little more information about Murakami from MLB.com: 

"Murakami has played about 75% of his games at third base, with the other 25% coming at first base. Listed at 6-foot-2, 213 pounds, he has 246 home runs in 892 games, including a 56-homer season in 2022, the most hit in a single season by a Japanese-born player. The left-handed slugger also won the Triple Crown that year at the age of 22,