A Thanksgiving rarity: Tim Locastro, the newest Yankee, is both a steal and a gift

See that headline? It's a pun. 

It sounds as though I believe the Yankees just ripped off the Dodgers in a trade. That's because utility man Tim Locastro, the newest Yankee, would likely play one role on the 2019 team: Stealing bases.

Supposedly, Locastro's super power is speed. Last year, in his Dodgers' cup of coffee, he played 12 games and stole 4 bases. Trouble is, he's mostly an OF and bats RH, and we're already top-heavy with both. He's 26, so it's now or never. He could become this year's Jabari Blash - the Yankee pickup in last year's Chase Headley dump - and vanish before spring training. (By the way, for Jabari fans out there, the Blashman came to bat 39 times for the Angels, notched four hits, drove in a run and stole two bases! And for you Jabari Sabermetrons, his WAR was a -0.8, yep a negative oh-point-eight. So don't say I never told you nuthin.') 

But here's where Brian Cashman did his good deed for 2018. (If he doesn't get into Cooperstown, maybe he'll still make Heaven.) Cash traded pitcher Drew Finley, a former third round pick who hasn't panned out, to the Dodgers, where his dad is an exec. This looks like a favor, cooked up at the GM meetings, and to get Locastro - whom LA wasn't going to protect in the Rule 5 draft - we kicked in a modest $75,000 for chips and dip. 

Hey, we reunited a father and his son! Today, while the kids are screaming, and evil uncle Gary is spewing racial epithets, take comfort in knowing that somewhere, far away, the Finley family is enjoying a happy Thanksgiving.

Have a good one. Today's holiday hint: Don't forget the bone saw!