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James McArthur, P
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Scouting report
McArthur sat 90-94 in 2019 then absolutely blew up during '20 instructs, where he was parked at 94-95 and working in two nasty breaking balls, including a slider sitting 86-87 and a low-80s curveball averaging 2800 rpm. He's a big-framed, long-levered righty without touch and feel for location but McArthur's arm action is pretty short for his size, so I think he could fill the zone enough to start. If his velo bump holds over the course of a whole season, he could end up with three above-average pitches. He's similar in age to a bunch of big league ready relievers in the system but has more upside. (Fall Instructional League)