Walker Lockett

Andrew Walker Lockett graduated from Providence (FL) High School in Jacksonville...Was committed to the University of South Florida out of high school before signing with San Diego...Was the first person to reach MLB out of his high school...Enjoys fishing and golfing...His favorite band is Metallica and movie is "Pulp Fiction"...At Providence High School, had 18 homers in 94 at-bats as a junior, one homer shy of the state record...Was named the Jacksonville TimesUnion All-First Coast baseball player of the year.

2019

Made four starts for New York, going 1-1 with a 7.79 ERA (15 earned runs/17.1 innings) with five walks and 13 strikeouts...His starts were on June 20 at Chicago (NL), June 25 at Philadelphia, July 20 at San Francisco and August 5 vs. Miami...The Mets went 2-2 in his starts....Had a 10.13 ERA (six earned runs/5.1 innings) in relief with one walk and three strikeouts...Earned his first major league win on July 20 at San Francisco... Started and allowed one run over 5.0 innings in an 11-4 triumph... Had lost his first four major league decisions...Collected his first major league hit, a single, off Philadelphia's Jake Arrieta on June 25 at Philadelphia...Made his Mets debut on June 20 at Wrigley Field in a start and allowed six runs over 2.1 innings...Tied his season-high with seven strikeouts over 6.0 innings of one-run ball in his final start for Syracuse on August 22 at Lehigh Valley.

2018

Spent most of the 2018 season with El Paso (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League...Made three starts and four appearances across three stints with San Diego, posting an ERA of 9.60 (16 earned runs/15.0 innings) in his first taste of major league action...Was with the Major League club June 1, July 9 and July 31-August 11...Made his MLB debut on June 1 vs. Cincinnati and also made spot starts on August 4 at Chicago-NL and August 11 vs. Philadelphia...At Triple-A he limited batters to a .249 (49-197) road average with only three home runs allowed in 52.0 innings...Allowed 14 homers in 81.1 innings in El Paso...In August, went 1-0 with a 3.74 ERA (nine earned runs/21.2 innings) in four starts...Right-handed batters hit .250 (79-316) with five homers and a .679 OPS compared to a .942 OPS for lefties.

2017

Made 10 starts for El Paso (AAA), posting a 5-2 record and a 4.39 ERA (27 ER, 55.1 IP) before being placed on the seven-day disabled list on 6/2 with a lower back strain...Made four starts on a rehab assignment with the AZL Padres 2 (R) and posted a 0-1 record with a 5.40 ERA (6 ER, 10.0 IP) before being activated from the seven-day DL on 9/6...Made two starts for El Paso in the Pacific Coast League playoffs... allowed three earned runs on four hits in 3.0 IP in El Paso's 7-6 comeback victory to clinch the series in the semifinals on 9/8 vs. Reno...earned the win in 5.0 scoreless IP on 9/15 vs. Memphis to give the Chihuahuas their first win in Game 3 of the PCL championship series...Following the season, made six starts for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League, going 2-1 with a 5.40 ERA (15 ER, 25.0 IP)...earned the victory and allowed just one run and three baserunners in 6.0 IP on 11/15 vs. Scottsdale to clinch the West Division and advance to the AFL championship.

2016

Pitched to a combined 10-9 record and a 2.96 ERA (54 ER, 164.0 IP) with 123 strikeouts against 24 walks in 28 appearances, 25 starts, between all four levels of the Padres minor league system in 2016...Went 0-2 with a 4.28 ERA (13 ER, 27.1 IP) through his first five starts in April for Single-A Fort Wayne... over his remaining 23 appearances, 20 starts, with Fort Wayne, Single-A Lake Elsinore, Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A El Paso from May - September, he went 10-7 with a 2.70 ERA (41 ER, 136.2 IP) with 103 strikeouts against 18 walks...Made three total relief appearances, going 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA (1 ER, 14.0 IP) with 14 strikeouts against three walks and limiting opposing hitters to a .184 (9-for-49) average...Made three postseason starts for El Paso during the Chihuahuas' Pacific Coast League title run, pitching to a combined 1-1 record with a 4.86 ERA (9 ER, 16.2 IP) with nine strikeouts against just one walk ...Earned the win in the Chihuahua's first victory of the PCL playoffs on 9/8 vs Tacoma, tossing 6.1 innings of one-run ball, striking out four and walking none in El Paso's 7-1 victory...Started the Triple-A Championship game against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the New York Yankees on 9/20...tagged with the loss, allowing three runs on seven hits and two strikeouts while walking none over 5.0 innings in El Paso's 3-1 defeat.

2015

Split the season between Fort Wayne (A), Tri-City (A) and the AZL Padres (R), pitching to a combined 4-4 record with a 4.14 ERA (40 ER, 87.0 IP) with 70 SO against 20 BB...Earned Northwest League Post-Season All-Star honors for Tri-City... went 3-0 in 11 starts with a 2.83 ERA (18 ER, 57.1 IP) with 47 SO against 10 BB...Allowed three earned runs twice for Tri-City...surrendered two earned runs four times and one earned run or less in all five of his other starts.

2014

Split the season between Eugene (A) and Fort Wayne (A), pitching to a combined 0-2 record with a 11.70 ERA (13 ER, 10.0 IP) in five appearances (three starts).

2013

Made three relief appearances for the AZL Padres (R), going 0-0 with a 11.57 ERA (3 ER, 2.1 IP).

2012

Made his professional debut for the AZL Padres (R), going 0-1 with a 4.34 ERA (9 ER, 18.2 IP) in 10 appearances, three starts.