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Marlins To Sign Jeff Locke
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By Steve Adams | December 7, 2016 at 9:52am CDT
10:05am: Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald tweets that it’s a one-year deal,
and FanRag’s Jon Heyman tweets that Locke will be guaranteed about $3MM on
the deal.
The Marlins have agreed to terms with free agent left-hander Jeff Locke, who
was recently non-tendered by the Pirates, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX
Sports (on Twitter). The ACES client’s deal is pending a physical.
Locke joins Edinson Volquez as the second former Pirate that the Marlins have
added to their rotation mix this offseason. Former Pirates special assistant
Jim Benedict, renowned for his work with starting pitchers, moved to the
Miami front office last winter, and he’ll now be reunited with a pair of
pitchers with whom he is greatly familiar.
Locke spent the better part of four years in the Pittsburgh rotation, making
an even 100 starts (plus 11 relief appearances) for the Pirates from 2013-16.
In that time, he logged a solid 4.29 ERA with 6.3 K/9 against 3.5 BB/9 with a
50.6 percent ground-ball rate in 593 1/3 innings. However, Locke’s
performance began to decline in 2015 and cratered in 2016; over the past two
years, he’s turned in a 4.90 ERA, including a 5.44 mark in 127 1/3 innings
this past season. The 2016 season saw both Locke’s strikeout rate and
ground-ball rate hit career lows, though his average fastball velocity held
strong at 91.5 mph.
That performance led the Pirates to designate Locke for assignment
(effectively non-tendering him). MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz had projected
Locke to receive a $4.2MM deal in arbitration, so he’ll come up a bit shy of
that mark with his new organization. However, Locke will benefit from
remaining in a pitcher-friendly setting, and the move to Miami figures to
promise him a greater opportunity to accumulate innings. Locke should slot
into the back of a rotation that also includes Volquez, Adam Conley, Wei-Yin
Chen and Tom Koehler.
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備註：
1. 馬林魚隊以$3MM/1YR簽下左投手Jeff Locke，待體檢完成即合約生效。
2. 馬林魚隊明年先發陣容預測：
SP：Wei-Yin Chen、Edinson Volquez、Tom Koehler、Adam Conley、Justin Nicolino、
SP/LR：David Phelps、Jeff Locke、Jose Urena
3. Jeff Locke今年在海盜隊的成績表現(今年28歲；今年薪水：$3.025MM)：
W - L ERA IP R ER SO BB ERA+ FIP WHIP
9 - 8 5.44 127.1 81 77 73 44 77 4.84 1.531