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Joseph John Miles Kerzman Murray (born September 23, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He was drafted to the Blue Jays in 2018. Murray played college baseball at Kent State University.

Amateur career Murray attended Dublin Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio, and Kent State University, where he played college baseball for the Golden Flashes. During his time at Dublin Coffman he was named High School All-American in 2015. As a sophomore and junior at Kent State, Murray was named the MAC Pitcher of the year and College All American. Murray also set the Kent state baseball record for most strikeouts in a season.

Professional career Toronto Blue Jays Murray was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the eighth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft. In his first season he played for the Vancouver Canadians as a starting pitcher. He worked his way to Lansing Michigan at the start of his first full year in 2019. He advanced to double a in Manchester, New Hampshire during the 2019 season. In the shortened 2020 season he has been named a part of the Blue Jays 60 man roster.