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  "lead": "Tyler Evan Locklear (born November 24, 2000) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners. Locklear played college baseball for the VCU Rams. He was selected by the Mariners in the second round of the 2022 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2024.",
  "body": "Tyler Evan Locklear (born November 24, 2000) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners. Locklear played college baseball for the VCU Rams. He was selected by the Mariners in the second round of the 2022 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2024. ==Professional career== ===Seattle Mariners=== The Seattle Mariners selected Locklear in the second round with the 58th overall selection in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Mariners on July 23 and received a $1.28 million signing bonus. He made his professional debut with rookie–level Arizona Complex League Mariners in 2022. After two games in Arizona, he moved up to the Single-A Modesto Nuts, where he hit .282/.353/.504 in 29 games. Locklear began 2023 campaign with the High-A Everett AquaSox but was hit by a fastball on June 1, breaking a bone in his right hand. He returned to Everett in August after playing two games with the ACL Mariners and was promoted to the Double-A Arkansas Travelers on August 24. In 85 games for all three teams, he hit .288/.405/.502 with 13 home runs, 52 RBI, and 12 stolen bases. After the regular season, Locklear played for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League, also playing in the 2023 Fall Stars Game. Locklear played first base full time in 2023, after playing third base in college and in part of his first professional season. He began the 2024 season with Arkansas and was promoted to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers in late May. In 51 games to start 2024, Locklear hit .293/.404/.520 with nine home runs and 33 RBI. On June 9, 2024, Locklear was selected to the Mariners' 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues. In his major-league debut that day against the Kansas City Royals, Locklear recorded his first major league hit, a double that batted in a run. His double left his bat at 100.1 mph and flew 380 feet. Locklear became the first Mariner making his MLB debut to have a go-ahead hit in the seventh inning or later since Mike Wilson on May 10, 2011. Locklear scored his first MLB run on the next play, a single by Josh Rojas. On June 13, Locklear hit his first major league home run off Garrett Crochet of the Chicago White Sox. Locklear was optioned back to Tacoma on June 24, as Jorge Polanco came off the injured list. Locklear spent another week with the Mariners, being recalled on July 23 as Ty France was designated for assignment before returning to Tacoma on July 30 after the Mariners traded for fellow right-handed first baseman Justin Turner. In 16 games with the Mariners in 2023, Locklear hit .156/.224/.311 with one double and two home runs while striking out in 40 percent of his plate appearances. He was more productive in the minors, batting .272/.382/.468 with 16 home runs and 9 stolen bases in 112 games with Tacoma and Arkansas. Locklear was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma to begin the 2025 season, where he slashed .316/.401/.542 with 19 home runs, 82 RBI, and 18 stolen bases across 98 games. ===Arizona Diamondbacks (2025)=== On July 31, 2025, the Mariners traded Locklear, Juan Burgos, and Hunter Cranton to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Eugenio Suárez. In 31 appearances for the Diamondbacks, he batted .175/.267/.262 with three home runs, six RBI, and three stolen bases. On October 3, it was announced that Locklear would require surgeries to repair a ligament tear in his elbow and a labrum injury in his shoulder. ==External links==",
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