Pirates Acquire Wimberly For Kelly

Today, the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired IF/OF Corey Wimberly, from the Oakland Athletics, for RHP Ryan Kelly. Wimberly, a 6th Round Draft pick, in the 2005 Amateur Draft, was originally selected by the Colorado Rockies and later traded into the Athletics organization. Kelly, a 26th Round Draft pick, in the 2006 Amateur draft, has been in the Pirates organization his entire professional career.

The trade was made official by Wimberly (pictured top right), himself, by tweeting:

@Wimboslice3: just got traded to the pirates!!!!!!!!!

And later responding to a tweet:

 

@Wimboslice3:

@cbeezy813 i have no idea but david forth called me and told me they traded me to the pirates i didnt ask im pumped slice got new life lol

Wimberly, in his 5 years of professional ball, has posted, an impressive, 259 stolen bases, in 563 games. Defensively, he has appeared, in both, the outfield and infield, and has a career .951 fielding percentage. 

Kelly (pictured bottom right), in his 4 years of professional ball, has 6-7 record, with .474 career ERA. He spent the last three years in A ball, with the Spikes and Power, and was used as a middle reliever.

Neal has done it once again. By the books, this trade appears to be phenomenal. Wimberly will attend spring training, as a non-roster invitee. With his tremendous speed, he would be a wise option off of the bench for situational ball, and could find himself starting from time to time, if he were to make the roster.

Wimberly Career MiLB Stats: .302 BA/.373 OBP/.363 SLG/.736 OPS