Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami has been one of the better stories around baseball this season. After coming over from Japan this offseason, Murakami has showcased his talent early in the year, proving many teams wrong. When Murakami came over, multiple teams across the league believed that his power wouldn't translate to the big league level. Like many other Japanese hitters, Murakami struggled at times with increased velocity at the plate, and this caused organizations to look the other way in terms of signing him. One of these teams was the San Diego Padres, who, like others, were concerned about his power problems. But it seems that San Diego was also in a spending freeze this winter, and this ended up causing them to not fully pursue the slugger, according to Jesse Rogers of ESPN. "The San Diego Padres also liked him but were in a spending freeze for most of the winter, according to league sources," Rogers wrote.…