BRADENTON, Fl. – Jeff Locke debuted his new delivery in an actual game this week, and the results weren’t great. Afterwards, Locke discussed the new delivery, saying that it felt good, and walking through some of the history of his old delivery. A lot of this I already knew, since I covered Locke from day one when he entered the system after the Nate McLouth trade, and broke the news in 2012 that he was changing his delivery for a more Ted Lilly-esque approach.
After talking with Locke on Wednesday, I went back through my notes over the years and put together a timeline of his delivery changes, with some new input from his talk with the media, along with a one-on-one talk after that session.