Abingdon Native, Curley Grad Tyler Locklear On Making His Big League Debut With Mariners

Former Archbishop Curley star Tyler Locklear recently made his MLB debut with the Mariners, and he credits his high school and college coaches for helping him get where he is today. “Those guys believed in me,” Locklear said. “… They kind of had the vision when I didn’t.”

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Abingdon Native Tyler Locklear On When MLB Draft Dreams Started To Become Real

For Tyler Locklear, hearing his name called in the MLB Draft was the culmination of years of hard work at Archbishop Curley and VCU. “I’ll grind. I get hit by pitches, I steal bases, my jersey’s dirty,” Locklear said of what the Mariners are getting after taking him No. 58 overall.

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