Twins minor league Player and Pitcher of the Week honors have been announced and Low-A Cedar Rapids outfielder Gilberto Celestino and High-A Ft. Myers right-handed pitcher Dakota Chalmers have been named.
In five games for the Kernels, Celestino hit .579 (11-for-19) with three doubles, two home runs, five RBI and a 1.689 OPS. The 20-year-old Dominican was acquired by the Twins in July 2018 as part of the Ryan Pressly trade with Houston and is in his fourth season of pro ball. The right-handed hitting Celestino, who currently is rated the Twins number 21 prospect, was promoted to the Ft. Myers Miracle on August 21st. I think this is the third time this year that Celestino has won the Twins POW honor, WOW!
The right-handed Chalmers made the start on Tuesday versus St. Lucie, surrendering one unearned run in 6 innings allowing three hits, one walk and nine strikeouts. The 22-year-old was acquired by the Twins from Oakland in exchange for Fernando Rodney last August. What I like about Chalmers is that he always seems to give up fewer hits then inning pitched, in 151 career inning pitched he has given up just 105 hits but struck out 178.
Interesting in that both Celestino and Chalmers were acquired in trades. One of the trades, the one in which the Twins traded Pressly still has many Twins fans grumbling because he has been so good for Houston. The Rodney deal? Not so much, no one seems to care or even remember him.
Twins Minor League Report, 8-18-19