JEFF LOCKE RUMORS & GOSSIP
Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jeff Locke A Welcome Surprise
The Pittsburgh Pirates are off to a surprising start with many thinking they can finish the season with the winning record, and this would be the first occurrence since 1992.
One of the reasons Pittsburgh is having success is because of their great bullpen and the leader of their bullpen is Jason Grilli.
Another reason is due to the emergence of one of their starters from the rotation...
Pittsburgh Pirates: Hurlde throws game, then Locke throws gem
(Opening image Jeff Locke; image credit post-gazette.)
In retrospect, picking the finale of the Pirates-Giants series to attend in person was a bad decision. Not only did it feature SP Charlie Morton attempting to get back in the saddle against one of the most consistently-dominant starters in the National League (SP Matt Cain), but it also featured some wonderfully incompetent...
First Pitch: Locke’s Anti-Regression, Cumpton a Bonus, and Jamestown
I didn’t have one specific thing I wanted to write about, but a few notes I was thinking about. So I went with more of a notes column, with three different topics below.
Jeff Locke hasn’t regressed, but instead has improved his game.
**About a month ago we were talking about Jeff Locke being a regression candidate going forward. That sparked the usual responses of “what if...
Jeff Locke, Pirates Blank Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates starter Jeff Locke allowed held the Los Angeles Dodgers to two hits over seven innings of work and the Pirates shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0.Locke (6-1) struck out five and walked one to win his sixth straight decision while lowering his ERA to 2.19.Andrew McCutchen drilled a two-run double in the third inning to stake Locke to a to run lead, Mark Melancon...
Pirates 3, Dodgers 0
Jeff Locke allowed just two hits over seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Friday night.
Locke (6-1) struck out five and walked one to win his sixth straight decision while shaving his ERA to 2.19. Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run double in the third inning off Stephen Fife (1-2).
Jason Grilli worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the ninth...
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Los Angeles Dodgers Offense Put On Locke
The Los Angeles Dodgers began the road trip on Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates without two of the coaches and no offense as the Pirates shut them down 3-0 behind the pitching of Jeff Locke.
Before the game Major League Baseball announced the suspensions for all who were involved in the Tuesday night incident between the Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks. They are...
Pirates, Locke shut down reeling Dodgers 3-0
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Jeff Locke allowed just two hits over seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Friday night.
Locke (6-1) struck out five and walked one to win his sixth straight decision while shaving his ERA to 2.19. Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run double in the third inning off Stephen Fife (1-2).
Jason Grilli worked out of a two-on, no...
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Pirates Locke Down and Shut Out Dodgers 3-0
Pirates starter Jeff Locke continued his sparkling 2013 season by tossing seven shutout innings in a 3-0 victory Friday night at sold-out PNC Park.
Locke has a 3.82 FIP this season.
The young left-hander isolated his two hits allowed to the first two innings and retired the last 11 Los Angeles Dodgers (28-38) batters he faced to improve his season ERA to 2.19 and fifth-best in the...
Sorry, Jeff Locke, You Won’t Keep Dominating
Jeff Locke says he has “gotten much better” over the last two years.
Jeff Locke, let’s talk.
Heh. Rhymes.
Jeff, your pitching has played a role of significance in the Pirates’ 26-18 start and a spot in the playoffs if Bud Selig took ether and ended the season on May 21. You have pitched five quality starts in your last six outings in the last month, allowing an average of...
Is Jeff Locke Starting to Figure Things Out?
Jeff Locke has thrown 13 shutout innings in his last two starts.
Don’t look now, but Jeff Locke has a 2.83 ERA in 28.2 innings so far this year in the majors. That number is probably too low for his actual skills. He has a 4.60 xFIP, which suggests his overall performances have been nowhere near the actual result. But Locke is starting to show some improvements.
We saw some of...
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