Celestino signs with Pittsburgh

[Brandon]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/pirates-sign-gilberto-celestino-to-minor-league-deal.html
 

FYI

[stringer bell]

Best wishes to him. I'm convinced he will not be missed. 

[Cory Engelhardt]

Hopefully he can get a shot with them. I do think there is a major league player in there.

[Dman]

1 hour ago, Cory Engelhardt said:

Hopefully he can get a shot with them. I do think there is a major league player in there.

I agree the walk and K rate were really good at AAA.  The average and OPS needed a fair bit of work.  I still think he can hold down a center field job and if not then a really nice 4th outfielder.  A good pickup for the Pirates IMO. 

Made sense for Celestino to move on as he and Martin share similar skillsets and Kiersey seems to have passed him and Rodriguez looks like Celestino with Power and a higher K rate.  He wasn't going to get his shot with the Twins so best to try somewhere else.  I wish him the best and agree with @Cory Engelhardt that he can still be a good MLB player.

[Doctor Gast]

Good luck to Celestino. He's a MLBer, he'll make it somewhere as a sub CFer & 4th OFer. If he get's enough AB now, he could improve his hitting together with his very good OBP & defense which could land him a full time CF position someplace.

[Shaitan]

I enjoyed saying his name -- nice rhythm to it. Hope he can catch on and have a career.

[jorgenswest]

He ran out of options and time. It happens to international signings who have to start their options clock so young.

He hit similarly to Martin but Martin has options remaining,

I am not sure he fell behind Keirsey. His offensive numbers in AAA were much better and Keirsey was not protected in the rule 5. 
 

[Linus]

Good luck to him. I’m glad we moved on as he is one of the more fundamentally unsound player to play for the Twins.