St. Louis Cardinals Locey was selected by the
St. Louis Cardinals in the third round of the
2019 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut with the
Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Cardinals before being promoted to the
Peoria Chiefs of the
Class A Midwest League. Over 17 innings between the two clubs, he went 1–2 with a 5.29 ERA and 31 strikeouts. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. For the 2021 season, he was assigned to the
Fresno Grizzlies of the
Low-A West with whom he appeared in 25 games (making ten starts) and went 3–0 with a 3.34 ERA and eighty strikeouts over innings. He was assigned to the
Spokane Indians of the
High-A Northwest League to begin the 2022 season. Locey struggled to a 6.22 ERA in 102.2 innings pitched between Spokane and the Double-A
Hartford Yard Goats.
Tampa Bay Rays On March 28, 2023, Locey was traded to the
Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a
player to be named later or cash. In 16 games for the High–A
Bowling Green Hot Rods, he posted a 4.74 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 19.0 innings of work. On August 7, Locey was released by the Rays organization. ==References==