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Orioles Sign Josh Lucas To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | November 28, 2018 at 8:19pm CDT

The Orioles announced Wednesday that they’ve signed right-hander Josh Lucas to a minor league contract. The 28-year-old spent the 2018 season with the Athletics organization.

Lucas tossed 14 1/3 innings for the A’s but allowed 10 runs on 16 hits and nine walks with 14 strikeouts in that time. It was his second straight season with some degree of MLB experience, as he threw 7 1/3 frames for the 2017 Cardinals as well. In all, Lucas has a 5.40 ERA in 21 2/3 big league innings.

While he’s yet to find success at the MLB level, Lucas has posted continually strong numbers in the upper minors. The former 21st-round pick has a career 2.93 ERA and a 66-to-14 K/BB ratio in 58 2/3 innings of Double-A ball and a 3.39 ERA with 8.9 K/9 against 2.6 BB/9 in 106 1/3 innings at the Triple-A level. The right-hander has also routinely posted strong ground-ball rates both in the upper minors and in his limited time in the Majors.

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  1. ronfromcal

    7 years ago

    Hey look!!! Another reclamation project!!! Yaaaaaay!!!!

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  2. BTH

    7 years ago

    I wonder is Mike Elias had a hand in drafting him in 2010…

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  3. xabial

    7 years ago

    In 2018, 6.28 ERA came with 4.21 FIP at MLB level

    And only 14 1/3 Innings pitched, 2018. Good luck O’s, fans

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    • dimitrios in la

      7 years ago

      Thanks much! 😉

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      • xabial

        7 years ago

        Just want to point out, this was non-sarcastic post. FIP + near-zero sample size at MLB 2018 are some of the positive things that jump and gives hope.

        Was not sarcastic Hopefully downvotes cuz u guys tired me post alot, not cuz think was being sarcastic ”Good luck O’s fans” I respect you guys, true fans

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    • jorge78

      7 years ago

      Nothing wrong with picking up scratch offs off the ground xabial, one of them could have been discarded in error! As B. Rickey used to say: “quality through quantity.”

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    • andrewf

      7 years ago

      Xabial, this guy gets groundballs and has shown high strikeout rates in AAA while limiting walks very well very recently. Sure, last season was a down year for Lucas. But you can’t go wrong at such a small cost and this guy might become a set up guy for the Orioles quickly.

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  4. Jeff Zanghi

    7 years ago

    I think this could be a nice low risk pick-up for the O’s. If he can translate some of his minor league success at the ML level he could be a VERY solid bullpen piece — potentially even a deadline trade chip type signing.

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    • dimitrios in la

      7 years ago

      Yep, nothing to lose with this signing.

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  5. joeflaccosunibrow

    7 years ago

    Someone has to pitch during the rebuild.

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  6. NotaGM

    7 years ago

    the o’s are taking money all approach…here comes the next time Hudson…or Kevin Millwood.

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  7. lajuansanders

    7 years ago

    Everyone loves to make sarcastic comments about bargain bin signings by the Os, as if they should be signing Corbin and Harper. Of course during a rebuild they should be signing players like Lucas. It’s just unfortunate that even when they were good they relied on signings like this.

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  8. jmorgan

    7 years ago

    He’s bad…..
    So why not?
    He will fit right in, in Baltimore.

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    • La Flama Blanca

      7 years ago

      Kind of like your comment…
      It’s bad.
      So it will fit right in here….

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