2026 ST Thread

UNCBlue012 said:
I have a buddy who attends Murphy's starts consistently and praises him every chance he gets lol doesn't mean much but seeing the peripherals behind his stuff is encouraging.
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I've seen him a lot. Eyeball tells me that the movement is there and when his secondaries are a threat, he's good. But for me, he's a next tier pitcher after CC, DF, JRR.
 
Baumann is so intriguing to me. Would love to see his strikeouts tick up this season, but everything he does on the mound looks so easy for a guy with his size. Tons of strikes and ground balls, just needs a slight uptick with the Ks.
 
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CJ9 said:
Baumann is so intriguing to me. Would love to see his strikeouts tick up this season, but everything he does on the mound looks so easy for a guy with his size. Tons of strikes and ground balls, just needs a slight uptick with the Ks.
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He looked good. You feeling starter or reliever.
 
UNCBlue012 said:
Dude, he's getting 23 iVB with the fastball lol movement is insane. He's got to get that velo working though
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The secondary stuff is a problem currently.

I want to believe if he can't get back to the velocity he was at pre TJA, then maybe he can still be another Logan Webb, Sonny Gray, or Shane Bieber and still be really good with low end velocity. Realistically, he's probably closer to Kyle Hendricks or Andrew Heaney.
 
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UNCBlue012 said:
Yup! I'm sorry if I came off as a dick, but I couldn't believe how good is fastball looked. More movement than he had during the spring. The velocity is still an issue, but he's still coming off TJ and has hit 96 many times this spring. Just needs more seasoning
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Plenty of MORs and a few TORs sit 91-92 on their fastballs, but have really good movement. Of course they also have great secondary stuff and great command.

Velocity isn't the only thing that matters, but you have to make up for it in other areas. Fortunately, Murphy seems to have very good command, so that helps a lot.
 
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