Francisco Cervelli

Francisco Cervelli (born March 6, 1986) is an Italo-Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). Previously, he played in MLB for the New York Yankees.\n', ' The Yankees signed Cervelli as an international free agent in 2003. He made his MLB debut with the Yankees in 2008, and played on the 2009 World Series championship team that beat the Philadelphia Phillies. He also played in the 2009 and 2013 World Baseball Classics for the Italian national team. He was acquired by the Pirates in November 2014.\n', ' Francisco Cervelli Navarro was born in Valencia, Venezuela, to an Italian immigrant father, Manuel Cervelli, and a Venezuelan mother, Damelis Navarro. He also has a sister.\n', '