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Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Curveball: 45 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 40 | Overall: 40

A native Oregonian, Stuhr has had to bounce around quite a bit to get an opportunity, but he’s always stayed in the Pacific Northwest. He spent a year pitching for Lower Columbia, a junior college in Washington, before transferring to Oregon State. After two years of not getting a single inning on a competitive mound, Stuhr moved on to Portland, where he’s been a mainstay in the weekend rotation. He fanned 12 in his first start, and while his performance has been more uneven since that debut, he’s shown enough arm strength to intrigue scouts in the area.

A 6-foot-1 right-hander, Stuhr is a compact and strong hurler with four pitches at his disposal. He throws his fastball consistently in the 94-97 mph range with some carry, and he backs it up with two distinct breaking balls. The 84-87 mph slider is his best secondary option, and it misses a lot of bats in and out of the zone. His 80-83 mph curve is less consistent, but it does have some good downer action to it. He has some feel for a mid-80s changeup but doesn’t land it for strikes consistently, and he even fiddles with a cutter thrown about the same velocity as the slider.

While Stuhr has missed a ton of bats, he’s struggled with his overall control and will need to work on his fastball command, though he may not have been helped by the Portland coaching staff forcing him to pitch backwards off of his slider too often. He might best be suited for a bullpen role, where that fastball-slider combination might play up, but there could be some untapped potential here given how little mound time he’s received.

Scouting grades: Fastball: 60 | Curveball: 45 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 40 | Overall: 40

A native Oregonian, Stuhr bounced around quite a bit to get an opportunity, but he always stayed in the Pacific Northwest. He spent a year pitching for Lower Columbia, a junior college in Washington, before transferring to Oregon State. After two years of not getting a single inning on a competitive mound, Stuhr moved on to Portland, where he became a mainstay in the weekend rotation. He fanned 12 in his first start, and while his performance was more uneven since that debut, he showed enough arm strength to land in the fifth round with the A’s.

A 6-foot-1 right-hander, Stuhr is a compact and strong hurler with four pitches at his disposal. He throws his fastball consistently in the 94-97 mph range with some carry, and he backs it up with two distinct breaking balls. The 84-87 mph slider is his best secondary option, and it misses a lot of bats in and out of the zone. His 80-83 mph curve is less consistent, but it does have some good downer action to it. He has some feel for a mid-80s changeup but doesn’t land it for strikes consistently, and he even fiddles with a cutter thrown about the same velocity as the slider.

While Stuhr has missed a ton of bats, he’s struggled with his overall control and will need to work on his fastball command, though he may not have been helped by the Portland coaching staff forcing him to pitch backwards off of his slider too often. He might best be suited for a bullpen role, where that fastball-slider combination might play up, but there could be some untapped potential here given how little mound time he’s received.

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	08/05/2024	RHP Sam Stuhr assigned to ACL Athletics.
	07/25/2024	Oakland Athletics signed RHP Sam Stuhr.
	06/16/2024	College Workout activated RHP Sam Stuhr.
	06/09/2024	RHP Sam Stuhr assigned to College Workout.
	05/13/2024	RHP Sam Stuhr assigned to Portland Pilots.