Twins Select RHP Steele Murdock with 5th Round Pick

DocBauer · July 12

Good size and frame. Mid 90's velocity and has cranked it higher on occasion. Gets squared up hard at times. Maybe they need to work on it's shape? A grade 60 slider is his out pitch. Below average CHANGE that he doesn't use a lot.

Has problems with BB at times. Apparently had a really good Cape Cod offseason as a RP. Certainly has some potential.

Cory Moen · July 12

9 minutes ago, DocBauer said:

Good size and frame. Mid 90's velocity and has cranked it higher on occasion. Gets squared up hard at times. Maybe they need to work on it's shape? A grade 60 slider is his out pitch. Below average CHANGE that he doesn't use a lot.

Has problems with BB at times. Apparently had a really good Cape Cod offseason as a RP. Certainly has some potential.

Agreed. My guess would be they try him out as a starter early on and if that doesn't work, the fall back of being a one inning guy who is a fastball/slider reliever is a real possibility. If he develops a third pitch, whether that be the change or they try something different might be the key to sticking as a starter versus moving to the bullpen.

tarheeltwinsfan · July 13

He has a great name. What would be a good walkup song for a reliever with the first name of "Steele" (not "steal"). Devo's "Gates of Steel" or Hank Williams' "Man of Steel"?

gman · July 13

Looks like a future (and not to distant future) late inning reliever. Set that as a target for this guy and he may be the 8th/9th inning reliever they need.

AlwaysinModeration · July 13

10 hours ago, tarheeltwinsfan said:

He has a great name. What would be a good walkup song for a reliever with the first name of "Steele" (not "steal"). Devo's "Gates of Steel" or Hank Williams' "Man of Steel"?

Do It Again, by Steely Dan

Bangkok Twins Fan · July 15

On 7/13/2026 at 7:22 AM, tarheeltwinsfan said:

He has a great name. What would be a good walkup song for a reliever with the first name of "Steele" (not "steal"). Devo's "Gates of Steel" or Hank Williams' "Man of Steel"?

Agree, A wonderful baseball name. I hope he has the skills to back it up!

Hawkeye Bean Counter · July 15

Twins appear willing to lean into high upside pitchers with reliever risk - Lapour, Murdock, Burns. To me it appears they have an intention to try and draft more reliever prospects, rather than just converting starters to relievers. If either of these 3 develop a 3rd pitch and gain some control you have high a high upside starter prospect.

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