Let’s Look at Jeff Locke

Chop-n-Change recently ran a Q&A with Jeff Locke, one of the Braves top young pitching prospects. After a sub-par first year at rookie ball, Jeff came back last year and posted some fantastic numbers for Danville, raising his ground ball rate from 38% to 55%, and dropping his ERA from 4.22 to 2.66. By his own account he throws a decent fastball, curve, and is working on his change-up.  A mixture of those 3 pitches should help him work his way through the minors, and if he can maintain a K/9 rate of 7+, a BB/9 rate under 2, and a ground ball percentage in the 50% range, then he might make a decent starter for the Braves in a few years.