Jeff Locke has been awarded with the fifth spot in the Pirates' rotation. Locke got the nod over Kyle McPherson and Jeanmar Gomez. While McPherson was optioned to the minors, Gomez will stick around in the bullpen. Locke owns a 3.38 ERA and 12/8 K/BB ratio over 21 1/3 innings of work this spring. He'll have some fleeting relevancy in NL-only formats, but there could be some changes if the back end of the rotation once Jeff Karstens (shoulder) and Francisco Liriano (arm) are ready to go.