The Pirates traded outfielder Gilberto Celestino to the Cubs yesterday (h/t to Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Put up-Gazette). Celestino, who was on a minor league cope with Pittsburgh and can subsequently not occupy a spot on the Cubs’ 40-man roster, is making his organizational debut at Triple-A Iowa tonight. It’s doubtless that the Pirates obtained a small amount of money in return.
Celestino had spent your complete season with Pittsburgh’s high minor league workforce. He was hitting .271/.348/.356 by way of 264 plate appearances. Celestino solely had three house runs however was putting out a decrease than common 20% clip and had gone 9-10 in stolen base makes an attempt. He performed all three outfield spots in Indianapolis with a plurality of time in heart area.
The 25-year-old Celestino performed within the majors with the Twins between 2021-22. He received into 122 video games within the latter season, hitting .238/.313/.302 over 347 journeys to the plate. Minnesota stored him on the injured record or on optionally available project to Triple-A for all of final yr and waived him in the beginning of the offseason. He went unclaimed and joined the Bucs in November.
Pittsburgh has had one of many least productive heart area conditions within the majors. Neither Michael A. Taylor nor Jack Suwinski has supplied a lot offensively. Celestino’s Triple-A piece was however not sufficient to persuade the Pirates to present him an enormous league look. He’ll have a pair months to attempt to snag a roster spot in Chicago.
