The Yomiuri Giants will not offer a contract to slugging third baseman Shuichi Murata as part of a youth movement, the Central League club announced Friday.The 36-year-old Murata joined the Giants in 2012 as a free agent after leading the CL in home runs with the Yokohama BayStars in 2007 and 2008. Murata hit 14 home runs this season, raising his career total to 360, the 27th highest figure in Nippon Professional Baseball history.This season, he batted .262 with a .331 on-base average and a .423 slugging average, figures close to his career totals of .269, .337 and .479, respectively."We be…READ FULL ARTICLE
