Penn Murfee

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Seattle Mariners #30 prospect in 2022
  Track Record: Murfee spent his first two seasons at Vanderbilt as an infielder before converting to pitching as a junior. He transferred to Santa Clara for his senior season and showed enough for the Mariners to draft him in the 33rd round and sign him for $5,000. Murfee took off and vaulted three levels up to Triple-A in his first full season. He spent 2020 at the alternate training site and returned to the upper levels in 2021, where he went 7-3, 4.23 with 97 strikeouts in 78.2 innings while working effectively as both a starter and reliever.
  
  Scouting Report: Murfee is older at 27, but he’s young in pitching experience and has progressed rapidly in a short time. His low-90s fastball plays up with deception out of his low arm slot and his low-80s slider is a swing and miss pitch with late dive and tilt that gets swings and misses from hitters on both sides of the plate. He throws his slider more frequently than his fastball and can land it for strikes in addition to getting swings and misses. Murfee is an extremely intelligent pitcher who knows how to set hitters up, read their swings and has enough command to hit his spots. He has to work the edges of the plate and will walk batters, but he has average control.
  
  The Future: Murfee’s funk, command and smarts give him a chance to be a low-leverage reliever. He is in position to make his debut in 2022.
  

• December, 2021 Scouting Report
  Track Record: Murfee spent his first two seasons at Vanderbilt as an infielder before converting to pitching as a junior. He transferred to Santa Clara for his senior season and showed enough for the Mariners to draft him in the 33rd round and sign him for $5,000. Murfee took off and vaulted three levels up to Triple-A in his first full season. He spent 2020 at the alternate training site and returned to the upper levels in 2021, where he went 7-3, 4.23 with 97 strikeouts in 78.2 innings while working effectively as both a starter and reliever.
  
  Scouting Report: Murfee is older at 27, but he’s young in pitching experience and has progressed rapidly in a short time. His low-90s fastball plays up with deception out of his low arm slot and his low-80s slider is a swing and miss pitch with late dive and tilt that gets swings and misses from hitters on both sides of the plate. He throws his slider more frequently than his fastball and can land it for strikes in addition to getting swings and misses. Murfee is an extremely intelligent pitcher who knows how to set hitters up, read their swings and has enough command to hit his spots. He has to work the edges of the plate and will walk batters, but he has average control.
  
  The Future: Murfee’s funk, command and smarts give him a chance to be a low-leverage reliever. He is in position to make his debut in 2022.
  
• July, 2021 Scouting Report
  Murfee was the best starter at Double-A Arkansas and averaged more than a strikeout per inning before receiving a promotion to Triple-A Tacoma. Though older due to an unconventional path through college baseball, Murfee's deceptive sinker-slider mix out of a low arm slot and his ability to execute a gameplan give him an avenue to the majors.