Gilberto Celestino
Gilberto Celestino is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.Career
Celestino signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent on July 2, 2015, for a $2.25 million signing bonus. He split the 2016 season between the DSL Astros and the GCL Astros, hitting a combined.257/.365/.393/.758 with 2 home runs and 19 RBI. He spent the 2017 season with the Greeneville Astros, hitting.268/.331/.379/.709 with 4 home runs and 24 RBI.On July 27, 2018, Celestino and Jorge Alcalá were traded to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Ryan Pressly. Celestino split the 2018 season between the Tri-City ValleyCats, Corpus Christi Hooks, and the Elizabethton Twins, hitting a combined.287/.341/.406/.747 with 5 home runs and 34 RBI. Celestino split the 2019 season between the Cedar Rapids Kernels and the Fort Myers Miracle, hitting a combined.277/.349/.410/.759 with 10 home runs and 54 RBI. Celestino played for the Dominican Republic national baseball team at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.
Celestino was added to the Twins 40-man roster on November 20, 2019.
