Ken Rosenthal GOES OFF On Murakami's SECRET Dodgers Deal! Steve Philips SHOCKED!

Ken Rosenthal and Steve Phillips react to Munetaka Murakami's SECRET connection to the Dodgers — and the baseball world is asking one question: Was this deal done before it even started?

Monday at 5 PM ET. That's the deadline. Either Murakami signs with an MLB team or he returns to Japan for another year. But the betting odds have the Dodgers as heavy favorites at +100, even though insiders say LA isn't interested.

So why did Murakami post a photo wearing a Dodgers hat back in January? The same thing Yoshinobu Yamamoto did before signing his $325 million deal with LA.

The pattern is there. The evidence is stacking up. And 29 other teams might have been wasting their time all along.

Murakami broke Sadaharu Oh's 58-year-old home run record with 56 bombs in 2022. He won the Triple Crown at just 22 years old — the youngest in NPB history. He delivered a walk-off double against Mexico and a game-tying homer against Team USA in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He has 246 career home runs and power that scouts call generational.

But Ken Rosenthal is warning teams: "He is the boom/bust player in this market." High strikeouts. Struggles against velocity. Questions about his defense.

The Yankees need him. The Mets flew to Japan to watch him. The Mariners are desperate for power. But the Dodgers already have Ohtani, Yamamoto, and Sasaki. They've built a Japanese dynasty in Los Angeles.

Was there ever really a competition? Or was the fix in all along?

48 hours. One decision. And baseball might never be the same.

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