Player Of The Week: LHP Shane Murphy
March 20, 2018
2019 LHP Shane Murphy of Hamilton HS has been named this week’s Prep Baseball Report Arizona Player of the Week thanks to his outstanding performance on the mound.
The junior Grand Canyon commit pitched a one-hit shutout, facing the minimum, against a very strong Sahuarita lineup in the Horizon Tournament . Murphy allowed the game's leadoff batter to reach base on a single, picked him off and was perfect the rest of the way. On the day, PBR's 5th-rated 2019 prospect registered 9 strikeouts, without issuing a walk or HBP and just the one hit.
For his efforts, Murphy has been named the Prep Baseball Report Arizona Player of the Week for the week of March 12 – March 18.
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Scouting Report
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.