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2018 Sunshine Southeast Showcase
Matthew Murphy is a 2019 RHP/ with a 6-3 174 lb. frame from Ninety Six, SC who attends Ninety Six. Tall and lean frame with plenty of room to fill. Ran a 7.22 second 60 yard dash, 4.90 second home to first. Primary righthanded pitcher, showed good tempo to his delivery, clean arm action up to a high 3/4 arm slot, uses lower half well driving off the rubber, lands slightly closed towards the plate but is able to get out over front foot nicely. Three pitch mix, can use all three pitches in any count, fastball is straight, showed command of the heater to both sides of the plate, topped out at 85 mph, straight changeup with maintained arm speed, curveball had tight spin breaking from 12-to-6. Righthanded hitter, wide base with a closed off stance, early load with a hand hitch, longer swing that gets rotational, mostly ground balls to the pull side during batting practice round.