2019 Draft - Mets Pick 18.538 - CF Tanner Murphy - University of North Florida

With the 538th pick (18^th round) in the 2019 draft, the Mets picked:

Junior CF Tanner Murphy, from the University of North Florida.

2019 stats:  57-G, 226-AB, .288/.368/.447, 6-HR, 27-RBI, 54-K

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unfospreys - 2019 (Junior)

Earned a series of accolades as a junior, becoming the first ASUN Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year from the University of North Florida.

Named to the ASUN First Team for the second consecutive year.

Garnered ASUN Player of the Week honors February 25.

Set the UNF DI career stolen base record May 10 against Kennesaw State.

Started all 57 of his games played, hitting .288 with 45 runs, 65 hits, 14 doubles, two triples, six homers and 37 RBI.

His 1.000 fielding percentage tied a UNF DI single season record (minimum 150 chances), converting on all 154 of his chances.

Slugged a home run in a 7-1 win at No. 3/5 Florida February 20.

Opened up the season going 4-for-4 with an RBI and a double as UNF topped Missouri, 5-4, February 15.

Slugged a home run while going 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI February 23 against Fordham.

Picked up the first three-hit game of his season in the second half of a twin bill against Fordham February 23, going 3-for-4 with two runs, a double and an RBI in a 7-4 victory.

Went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a home run, walk and stolen base in a 11-2 win against Western Michigan March 9.

Helped UNF take two games of a three-game set against FGCU March 22-24, posting three hits, three RBI, four runs, a homer and two stolen bags.

Made UNF history twice in a 13-7 win at FAMU May 7: set the UNF single game walks record with five free passes and tied the program record with four stolen bases. He would score a season-high four times in the win.

Drove in three while going 2-for-5 with a run and a homer May 12 against Kennesaw State.

unfspinnaker - After three stellar seasons, Junior Tanner Murphy was selected in the eighteenth round by the New York Mets in the 2019 MLB Draft.

Murphy racked up multiple accolades thus far in his UNF career like the 2019 ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year, two-time ASUN First Team, and never finished hitting south of .288 in his three seasons at UNF.

In Murphy’s Junior year at UNF, he hit .288 with six homers and 37 RBI’s while stealing 19 bases.