Tim Locastro

BIOGRAPHY

Tim Locastro was born July 14, 1992, in Syracuse, New York. He is an outfielder in the MLB.

Locastro played high school baseball at Auburn High School and then played at Ithaca College, where he was the Empire 8 player of the year in 2013 when he set school records for runs and stolen bases. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 13th round of the 2013 MLB Draft and signed with them on June 13.

Locastro was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers (along with Chase De Jong) on July 2, 2015, in exchange for three international signing slots. He was assigned to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and helped them to the California League championship. He began 2016 with Rancho Cucamonga again and was promoted mid-season to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers. Between the two teams, he was in 131 games, hitting .285 with 24 steals.

The Dodgers assigned him to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League after the season. In 2017 he was selected to the Texas League mid-season all-star game and between Tulsa and AAA Oklahoma City, he hit .308 in 127 games with 34 steals. Locastro was called up to the majors for the first time on September 29, 2017. He was called up to be evaluated for possible use as an impact pinch runner in the playoffs. He made his MLB debut that night against the Colorado Rockies, running for Corey Seager in the eighth inning and remaining in the game to play an inning in left field.

He became the first Ithaca player to play in MLB since Glen Cook appeared in nine games for the Texas Rangers in 1985. The following day, Locastro again appeared as a pinch-runner and stole third base for his first major league steal. He did finally get an at-bat, in his third and final appearance for the Dodgers this season, on October 1. He pinch hit against Adam Ottavino and popped out to second. He was not added to the post-season roster. Locastro was designated for assignment on November 20, 2018.

On January 16, 2019, the Yankees traded Locastro to the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league pitcher Ronald Roman and cash.

On July 1, 2021, the Diamondbacks traded Locastro to the New York Yankees in exchange for Keegan Curtis. On July 11, Locastro hit his first Yankees home run against Framber Valdez of the Houston Astros. Locastro played in nine games (batting 4-for-21) for the Yankees before suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament while catching a fly ball off the bat of Boston Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo on July 17, ending his 2021 season. In 2021, Locastro had the fastest sprint speed of all major league center fielders, and the second-fastest sprint speed in the major leagues, at 30.7 feet per second (9.4 m/s).

On November 5, 2021, Locastro was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox. However, he was non-tendered on November 30, making him a free agent. On March 13, 2022, Locastro was signed by the Yankees to a one-year major league deal. He began the 2022 season with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and was promoted to the major leagues on April 17.