 In 2007, Tábata played for the Single-A Tampa Yankees.On July 26, 2008, Tábata was acquired by the Pirates with Ross Ohlendorf, Jeff Karstens, and Daniel McCutchen from the Yankees in exchange for Xavier Nady and Dámaso Marte.Tábata was called up from Triple-A Indianapolis to make his major league debut on June 9, 2010.