| Hot | 5/19/2013 6:11:00 PM |
Description: Pittsburgh starter Jeff Locke threw seven shutout innings Sunday against Houston. | Insight: Locke is undefeated in his last eight starts. Over that span, he's gone 4-0 with a 2.31 ERA in 46 2/3 innings. He's scheduled to make his next start Saturday in Milwaukee. | | |
| 5/9/2013 10:42:00 PM |
Description: Pirates lefty Jeff Locke threw another quality start Thursday against the Mets, going six innings and allowing three hits and one run with a 3/3 K/BB. | Insight: Locke has only allowed 11 hits and four earned runs over his last 24 innings and has a 2.95 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP on the year. However, he has a 4.99 K/9, a 4.31 BB/9 and a .214 BABIP. NL-only owners can give him a shot, but mixed leaguers should stay away. Locke's FIP is 4.85. | | |
| 4/28/2013 8:31:00 PM |
Description: Pirates lefty Jeff Locke didn't allow a run in seven innings Sunday against the St. Louis Cardinals. | Insight: Locke has gone 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA and a 0.64 WHIP in his last two starts. He'll need to keep it up if he wants to hold onto his rotation spot when Jeff Karstens returns next month. | | |
| 4/23/2013 10:25:00 PM |
Description: Pirates lefty Jeff Locke shut down the Phillies Tuesday in a 2-0 victory. He threw six innings, walked two, struck out six and allowed just two hits. | Insight: Locke is 2-1 with a 3.74 ERA, but he has a 1.43 WHIP. He's likely the second man out of the rotation after Jonathan Sanchez once injured starters Francisco Liriano and Jeff Karstens return over the next couple of weeks. | | |
| 3/27/2013 5:38:00 PM |
Description: Left-hander Jeff Locke has secured the fifth spot in Pittsburgh's rotation, beating out Kyle McPherson and Jeanmar Gomez. | Insight: Locke has allowed 33 earned runs in 51 career major league innings (5.82 ERA). He'll be a placeholder until Jeff Karstens (shoulder) and Francisco Liriano (arm) return at some point in April. | | |
