It’s been almost two weeks since we returned to this old top 30 list, and we still have half the list to go (and honestly only 5 weeks left before it really becomes less of a review and more of a dated activity). Today we’ll look at right handed pitcher Jordan Humphreys with BA score of 50 and risk rating of high.
Most sentences I can write about Humphreys have some critical contradiction in them, some that are inherently worrisome (his best year was 2017 but then he had Tommy John) or others that just hopeful (he’ll be a young 23 next year but has already been in the Mets system since 2015).
Jordan started to appear on prospect radars after a serviceable 2016 that saw him post a 3.76 ERA over 69.1 innings (12 starts) in Brooklyn and a 3.58 ERA overall. Then he turned his name on in neon lights in 2017 when he posted a 1.42 ERA over 11 starts and 69.2 innings in Columbia. He was making the adjustment to High A ball (4.09 ERA over 11.0 innings, 2 starts) when he got injured and elected for season ended Tommy John surgery missing all of last year.
2019 will be an interesting year for him and the Mets. By the end of 2019 the Mets will have to put him on the 40-man roster or risk losing him to another team (and to be honest, even with an average 2019 season, another team will almost certainly roll the dice on Jordan). BA says, “Humphreys has all the ingredients to be a No. 4 starter”. In a system lacking starting pitching right now, Humphreys is going to get a lot of looks. Here’s hoping he comes back healthy!
