re: Baseball Recruiting Discussion

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Brandon Murray started the game for Navy. His first pitch registered 95 mph on most guns, although the stadium gun said 98. Murray, who attends Hobart (Ind.) High, sustained 92-94 mph through his two innings.

Although more than 300 players were in attendance, Murray, a South Carolina commit, was the only player from the Hoosier State, which has sent Indiana to the College World Series for the first time.

“As a Northern guy, it is a different preparation from guys on the West Coast or down South,” Murray said. “But it felt great to compete against the top talent across the country.”

Murray, a former three-sport athlete who decided to focus on baseball, has an athletic 6-foot-4, 200-pound build. With sloped shoulders, a tapered waist and strong legs, Murray has a prototypical pitcher’s frame. He throws from a three-quarter slot and has a quick arm. His fastball has good armside run, but there is some effort in his delivery.

Attending his first showcase, Murray struggled with his control at times, leaving his pitches up.

“Usually my go-to pitch is my slider, but something mechanical was off with my slider today,” Murray said. “My slider is usually my out pitch but I had better control of my changeup, so I went with it a little more than I usually go with it.”

On Thursday, Murray’s slider sat in the upper-70s and his changeup was 81-83 mph, showing some deception.

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• In his first inning, righthander Cameron Varga of Cincinnatti Hills Christian Academy, Loveland, Ohio (formerly of IMG Academy), sat 93-95 mph with his fastball. He settled into 90-92 in his second inning with a 78-83 spike curveball with good depth and a high-70s changeup. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound North Carolina commit throws from a three-quarter slot and gets good extension on his fastball.

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