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July was mere hours old when trading season began in Arizona.
Given how the first three months went â a 22-60 record, on pace for a franchise-worst 119 losses â itâs hardly surprising that the Diamondbacks were in a position to strike a deal so early in the big swap-meet that is the fourth month of the baseball calendar. It was 9 a.m. in Arizona when the news broke that reserve outfielder Tim Locastro, speedster and plunk-magnet extraordinaire, was headed to the Yankees. In exchange, the Diamondbacks received a 25-year-old right-handed reliever named Keegan Curtis with a big fastball and a sterling Double-A strikeout rate.