Manny Piña

Manuel Elías Piña Reyes (/ˈpiːnjə/; born June 5, 1987) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Kansas City Royals from 2011 to 2012.

Career

Texas Rangers

Piña began his professional baseball career in 2005 in the Texas Rangers system, hitting .247 in 27 games for the AZL Rangers. He played for the AZL Rangers again in 2007, hitting .244 in 14 games. In 2007, he played for the Clinton LumberKings, hitting .228 in 86 games. He split 2008 between the Bakersfield Blaze (61 games) and Frisco RoughRiders (23 games), hitting .267 overall. With the RoughRiders again in 2009, he hit .259 in 86 games.

Kansas City Royals

On Sept. 3, 2009, he was traded with Tim Smith to the Royals for Daniel Gutierrez.^[1]

On July 31, 2011, Piña was added to the Royals' active roster after Matt Treanor was placed on the disabled list. He made his major league debut on August 3, getting two hits in a win over the Baltimore Orioles. He also threw out Vladimir Guerrero while trying to steal second base in the first inning of this game.

On November 2, 2012, the Royals designated Pina for assignment to the Omaha Royals.^[2]

Seattle Mariners

On January 17, 2014, Piña signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners.

Detroit Tigers

On June 11, 2014, the Detroit Tigers acquired Piña from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for a player to be named later. He was then assigned to the Tigers' Triple-A affiliate, the Toledo Mud Hens.^[3]

Milwaukee Brewers

On December 10, 2015, the Tigers traded Piña to the Milwaukee Brewers as the player to be named later in the Francisco Rodríguez trade to complete the deal.^[4]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)