This week, Orioles prospect Lucas Humpal took a few minutes to chat with us about his 2017 season, one that has been quietly building toward a very respectable campaign once it’s all wrapped up.
On the year, Humpal has made 23 starts and tossed 140 innings, keeping his ERA at a very steady 3.92. In those innings, he’s allowed 138 hits but has walked just 30 batters, a K/9 rate of only 1.9. It’s been relatively smooth-sailing for most of the year, but Humpal still hasn’t cracked the Orioles top-30 on MLB Pipeline.
Of course, you can chalk some of that up to him being 23 years old in his first full season as a pro (he tossed for four seasons at Texas State).