Lucas Humpal's decision to return for another season was validated on Friday afternoon.
Texas State's senior right hander was selected in the ninth round of this year's MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Baltimore Orioles. After the disappointment of 2015, where his ERA ballooned to 5.28, Humpal, who was chosen during the late rounds of last season's draft, elected to wait another year to fulfill his pro aspirations.
"I got picked higher, which was one of the motives behind coming back," Humpal said in a phone interview after he improved his draft stock by 28 rounds between 2016 and 2015.