| Tony Locey | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Birth Date: | 29 July 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Columbus, Georgia |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Anthony Quinn Locey (born July 29, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
Locey graduated from Houston County High School in Warner Robins, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia to play college baseball for the Georgia Bulldogs.[1] [2] In 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3] As a junior at Georgia in 2019, he started 15 games and went 11–2 with a 2.53 ERA and 97 strikeouts over 89 innings.
Locey was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the third round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[4] He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Cardinals before being promoted to the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League.[5] Over 17 innings between the two clubs, he went 1–2 with a 5.29 ERA and 31 strikeouts.[6] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On February 1, 2021, the Cardinals traded Locey, Austin Gomber, Mateo Gil, Elehuris Montero, and Jake Sommers to the Colorado Rockies for Nolan Arenado.[7] For the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Fresno Grizzlies of the Low-A West with whom he appeared in 25 games (making ten starts) and went 3–0 with a 3.34 ERA and eighty strikeouts over innings.[8] He was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A Northwest League to begin the 2022 season.[9] Locey struggled to a 6.22 ERA in 102.2 innings pitched between Spokane and the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats.
On March 28, 2023, Locey was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a player to be named later or cash.[10] In 16 games for the High–A Bowling Green Hot Rods, he posted a 4.74 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 19.0 innings of work. On August 7, Locey was released by the Rays organization.[11]