On April 17th, his success was rewarded, and he broke the record previously held by Tim Raines for most consecutive successful stolen bases to start his career at 29. To start his career, he had been impossible to get out on the basepaths, being successful in every attempt through the 2020 season, as well as the start of the 2021 season. For despite how bad his season was, one achievement of his will forever be enshrined in the MLB Hall of Fame. Given that, it isn’t really a hard case to make that he was the worst hitter on the team this season, but even a season that bad isn’t without highlights. None of them had even half of his plate apperances. Only seven hitters had an OPS+ worse than that for the Diamondbacks. In those games, he managed an OPS+ of only 36, 100 being league average. He played 55 games for the team in the first half of the season, most of which were in center field, along with 19 pinch hit apperances.
However, in the playing time he did get, he gave them very few reasons to regret their decision. The team didn’t necessarily agree, again choosing to give most of the innings at that position to Ketel Marte, much to the chagrin of many of the above mentioned fans, myself included. Many of these fans, myself included, felt that given his strong performance in the pandemic shortened season and the general lack of other options that he should be the starting center fielder for the Diamondbacks this year. This, combined with his tendency to successfully steal bases as well as for getting hit by pitches, turned him into a fan favorite. 395 clip, which was good enough to get him an OPS+ of 133. Tim Locastro was coming off a very strong 2020, which is something very few people in the world could actually say. 2022 Status: Non-tendered by the Red Sox, in limbo until there is a CBA.
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