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Thursday, July 01, 2021
The Yankees are starting small in an attempt to turn their miserable 41-39 season around.
The team announced it obtained Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Tim Locastro for Double-A right-hander Keegan Curtis.
Locastro will take some of the weight off Aaron Judge, as he can make starts in center field against left-handers.
In addition, the 28-year-old is a major speed threat. In 2019, he stole 17 bases in 91 games. He holds the record of most stolen bases without being caught to start a career at 29.
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1. Tom Nawrocki Posted: July 01, 2021 at 03:58 PM (#6027263)I get their meaning but that still sounds odd to me. This season, Locastro's OPS+ is 38, for his career 78. There are usually 30 guys floating around with speed and no hitting ability ... and per Rfield, Locastro is nothing special defensively either. I doubt they trot him out there for more than 5 starts.
I wonder if they called the Cubs about Marisnick and what the Cubs asked for.
I sat in first row CF on Saturday, and saw some rocket throws from him.
he can't hit and - as we learned last night, sadly - he can't pitch, either.
but he can field.
If everybody's healthy Locastro is pretty much a straight PR, but ... it's been a while since everybody's been healthy.
Rougned Odor, 91 OPS+
Wandy Peralta, 83 ERA+
Tim Locastro, 38 OPS+
As a Tigers fan, I'd just like to say, "Shut the f%$k up".
That's the curse of Tiger Stadium taking it out on the team.
I think the fans of just about every team except the Dodgers and Red Sox are right there with you.
And 6.5 games out in the division and 6 games out of the wild card. Bryant, Rizzo, Baez are all FA at the end of the year and if the team has made a serious offer to any of them recently, it's news to us. That's a closed window.
Tiger Stadium actually "played" Yankee Stadium in the movie 61*. (In fact, my wife and I are in one of the crowd scenes!)
*I always thought Girardi got a bit of a bum rap due to these expectations.
And I have not been a Kapler fan, I just think that Girardi is mediocre-er.
If he can bring the Giants the division title this year over LA and SD, I’ll have to reevaluate Gabe. My son in SF has no logical explanation for the year to date.
He wasn't in Miami or New York. He was damn good.
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