Shane
Murphy

10/19/17 - 6-foot-4 240-pounds. Big, broad frame that should be very durable. Touched 86 in his first inning of work with a 77 mph breaking ball, both up a tick from the weekend prior. Worked more 81-84 for the rest of his outing with consistent heavy sink to the fastball that hitters struggled to get underneath. It is difficult to tell if he’s throwing two different breaking balls by choice or just varying the speed on it as the shape remains slurvy with consistent tight rotation from 71-77 mph. Generates good arm speed from a ¾ slot and projects to throw harder as his body matures and he’s able to speed up his lower half some. One of the top uncommitted prospects in Arizona’s 2019 class.