The San Francisco Giants selected right-handed pitcher Ryan Murphy with the 144th overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft on Thursday night. Murphy comes from Division II Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York.
Murphy was the Giants fifth-round draft pick, which, in this highly truncated draft, also represented the team’s seventh and final selection.
He’s 20.7 years old, 6’1, and 185 pounds, and a bit unheralded. Murphy didn’t appear on the big boards for ESPN, MLB, or Fangraphs, with those publications offering up 150, 200, and 250 names, respectively.
But that doesn’t mean he isn’t good.