Tony Locey

Locey Selected By Cardinals In The Third Round

June 04, 2019 | Baseball

ATHENS-----The St. Louis Cardinals selected University of Georgia junior pitcher Tony Locey in the third round (96thoverall pick) of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft Tuesday.

A 6-3, 235-pound native of Columbus, Ga., Locey led the Bulldogs with an 11-2 record and 2.53 ERA this season. He is the first Bulldog to win 11 games in a season since 1990 when Mike Rebhan (13-5) and Dave Fleming (12-3) headlined the national championship staff. In his Bulldog career, Locey is 20-8 with a 3.92 ERA in 59 appearances including 28 starts. He has tallied 194 strikeouts in 186 innings. Locey was a semifinalist for 2019 National Pitcher of the Year by the College Baseball Foundation.

In 2019, Locey started 15 games and registered 97 strikeouts in 89 innings in helping Georgia go 46-17. He held opponents to a .168 batting average. The Bulldogs earned a National No. 4 seed for the NCAA Championships and advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional Final. Locey was part of a staff that set school records for most strikeouts (601) and lowest opponent's batting average (.200) plus posted the second best ERA in school history at 3.24 and the second fewest runs allowed (235). Twice, he earned Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week honors including combining on a one-hitter in a series-clinching win over No. 5 Vanderbilt.

Locey is the first Bulldog drafted by the Cardinals since pitcher Mitchell Boggs in 2005. Boggs helped St. Louis win a World Series in 2011. 
The MLB Draft runs through Wednesday on MLB.com. The first two rounds were conducted Monday with rounds three through 10 on Tuesday and rounds 11-40 on Wednesday.

The Bulldogs have a string of 46 straight seasons with at least one player signing a professional contract. In 2018, three Bulldogs were drafted and a total of four began a professional career. 

Bulldogs In the 2019 MLB Draft
2nd Round: Aaron Schunk, 3B, Colorado Rockies (62nd overall)
3rd Round: Tony Locey, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals (96th overall)