Easton Lucas #60

Easton James Lucas…attended Pepperdine University.

2023

Began the season at Double-A Bowie in the Orioles organization but finished it by making his Major League debut with Oakland in September…was 1-0 with a save, a 3.86 ERA and .823 opponents OPS in a career-high 36 relief appearances with Bowie, Triple-A Norfolk and Triple-A Las Vegas when he selected by Oakland on Sept. 6…compiled an 8.10 ERA and .948 opponents OPS in six relief appearances with the A’s...Had a .323 opponents batting average with Oakland, which included .308 (4-for-13) with a .923 OPS against left-handed hitters and .333 (6-for-18) with a .955 OPS against right-handers…issued all four of his walks to righties...Allowed 3-of-4 (75.0%) inherited runners to score and first batters faced were 3-for-5 (.600) with a walk...Struck out 51 batters in 46.2 minor league innings, an average of 9.84 per nine innings, and walked just 17 (3.28 per nine innings)…yielded nine home runs...Allowed a .261 opponents batting average, which broke down to .233 (17-for-73) with a .703 OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .280 (30-for-107) with a .904 OPS against righthanders...Seven of the nine home runs he surrendered were solo shots…five came with two strikes...Allowed 7-of-21 (33.3%) inherited runners to score…first batters faced were 9-for-34 (.265) with two walks...Held the opponents clean-up hitter to a .130 batting average and no home runs…the three hitter batted .409...Did not allow a run in the ninth inning (5.2 ip, 1 h, 1 bb, 7 so).

2022

Pitched in 32 games for Double-A Bowie and had a 3-1 record with one save and a 4.76 ERA…had career highs in innings pitched (56.2) and strikeouts (65)…pitched for Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League following the season and was 2-1 with a 3.27 ERA in 10 relief appearances.

2021

Spent the entire season with High-A Aberdeen and went 3-1 with a 3.96 ERA with 50 strikeouts to 13 walks in 27 relief appearances for the IronBirds.

2020

Did not pitch as the minor league season was cancelled due to the pandemic…participated in the Orioles Fall Instructional League camp at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota.

2019

Combined for a 1-2 record and a 3.63 ERA in 13 games, including nine starts, in his professional debut with the GCL Marlins and Short-Season Batavia…the nine starts were the only starts of his career…tossed a minor league career high 4.0 scoreless innings on Aug. 2 against Connecticut…struck out a minor league career-high eight in 3.1 innings in the second game of an Aug. 7 doubleheader at Williamsport…also made one postseason start for the Muckdogs, a no decision (3.0 ip, 2 h, 4 so).