The Pirates traded outfielder Gilberto Celestino to the Cubs yesterday (h/t to Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Publish-Gazette). Celestino, who was on a minor league cope with Pittsburgh and can due to this fact not occupy a spot on the Cubs’ 40-man roster, is making his organizational debut at Triple-A Iowa tonight. It’s probably that the Pirates obtained a small amount of money in return.

Celestino had spent your complete season with Pittsburgh’s high minor league group. He was hitting .271/.348/.356 by means of 264 plate appearances. Celestino solely had three dwelling runs however was placing 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 middle area.

The 25-year-old Celestino performed within the majors with the Twins between 2021-22. He bought into 122 video games within the latter season, hitting .238/.313/.302 over 347 journeys to the plate. Minnesota saved him on the injured checklist or on non-obligatory project to Triple-A for all of final yr and waived him firstly of the offseason. He went unclaimed and joined the Bucs in November.

Pittsburgh has had one of many least productive middle 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.