D-Backs prospect on Team USA
Nov. 4, 2005
One of the Diamondbacks' top pitching prospects was named Thursday to the United States team that will compete against five other countries in a regional Olympics qualifying tournament to be played this month in the Valley.Left-hander Bill Murphy was one of 24 minor league prospects chosen to play under manager Davey Johnson, who led the Mets to a World Series championship in 1986 and was named American League Manager of the Year with the Orioles in 1997.The tournament is scheduled for Nov. 15-19 with six countries from North and Central America pairing up for three games a day at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, Maryvale Ballpark and Hohokam Stadium in Mesa
Four of the six teams will advance to the next Olympics qualifying round in Havana in August. They will compete against four teams from South America and the Caribbean for two spots at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Murphy, a third-round draft pick of the Oakland A's in 2002 who was traded to Florida, came to the Diamondbacks as part of the deal that sent Steve Finley to the Los Angeles Dodgers in July 2004. He spent the past season at Triple-A Tucson and struggled, going 6-8 with a 5.65 ERA in 121 innings, but remains highly regarded by scouts. With Double-A Carolina in 2004, he struck out 113 in 103 2/3 innings.Murphy pitched one scoreless inning and struck out two at the Futures Game in Detroit during the All-Star break. He is 3-1 with 33 strikeouts in 24 1/3 innings so far in the Arizona Fall League.Joining Murphy on the USA roster is former Horizon High shortstop Brandon Wood, a top prospect in the Angels organization. Wood started the season at Class A Rancho Cucamonga and hit .321 before being called up to Triple-A at the end of the season.
Murphy, Wood and the rest of Team USA were drawn from professional players who aren't yet protected on major league teams' 25-man rosters.The United States will face Guatemala at Maryvale Ballpark on Nov. 15, then takes on Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Canada. The USA-Mexico game will be at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Nov. 16.
Source: http://www.azcentral.com/
One of the Diamondbacks' top pitching prospects was named Thursday to the United States team that will compete against five other countries in a regional Olympics qualifying tournament to be played this month in the Valley.Left-hander Bill Murphy was one of 24 minor league prospects chosen to play under manager Davey Johnson, who led the Mets to a World Series championship in 1986 and was named American League Manager of the Year with the Orioles in 1997.The tournament is scheduled for Nov. 15-19 with six countries from North and Central America pairing up for three games a day at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, Maryvale Ballpark and Hohokam Stadium in Mesa
Four of the six teams will advance to the next Olympics qualifying round in Havana in August. They will compete against four teams from South America and the Caribbean for two spots at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Murphy, a third-round draft pick of the Oakland A's in 2002 who was traded to Florida, came to the Diamondbacks as part of the deal that sent Steve Finley to the Los Angeles Dodgers in July 2004. He spent the past season at Triple-A Tucson and struggled, going 6-8 with a 5.65 ERA in 121 innings, but remains highly regarded by scouts. With Double-A Carolina in 2004, he struck out 113 in 103 2/3 innings.Murphy pitched one scoreless inning and struck out two at the Futures Game in Detroit during the All-Star break. He is 3-1 with 33 strikeouts in 24 1/3 innings so far in the Arizona Fall League.Joining Murphy on the USA roster is former Horizon High shortstop Brandon Wood, a top prospect in the Angels organization. Wood started the season at Class A Rancho Cucamonga and hit .321 before being called up to Triple-A at the end of the season.
Murphy, Wood and the rest of Team USA were drawn from professional players who aren't yet protected on major league teams' 25-man rosters.The United States will face Guatemala at Maryvale Ballpark on Nov. 15, then takes on Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Canada. The USA-Mexico game will be at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Nov. 16.
Source: http://www.azcentral.com/
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