Overview
- Tampa Bay completed the cash-for-player deal Monday to add the 26-year-old outfielder from Cincinnati.
- Vilade appeared in eight MLB games in 2025 between St. Louis and Cincinnati, going 1-for-13 after a June 14 waiver claim by the Reds.
- He spent most of 2025 at Triple-A Louisville and Memphis, hitting .290 with 17 home runs, 11 steals and an .890 OPS over 113 games.
- Since his 2021 debut, he has played 28 MLB games for the Rockies, Tigers, Cardinals and Reds, batting .141 with one home run.
- A 2017 second-round pick by Colorado, he has a .280 average with 71 homers, 407 RBIs and 107 steals across 847 minor-league games.