Batting average .188 Role Baseball player Home runs 0 Bats Right-handed | Runs batted in 0 Salary 480,425 USD (2012) Name Manny Pina Date joined 2011 | |
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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.
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- Blake beavan vs manny pina
- Texas Rangers organization
- Kansas City Royals
- Seattle Mariners organization
- Detroit Tigers organization
- Milwaukee Brewers
- References
Texas Rangers organization
Piña began his professional baseball career in 2005 in the Texas Rangers system, hitting .247 in 27 games for the AZL Rangers. He missed most of the 2006 season, as he was recovering from right elbow surgery. 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 outfielder Tim Smith to the Royals for Daniel Gutierrez.
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. In 2012, he underwent surgery for a meniscus tear in his right knee, and missed the first three months of the season.
On November 2, 2012, the Royals designated Pina for assignment to the Omaha Royals. He began the 2013 season rehabbing from an injury to his right knee's lateral meniscus, and was on the DL till June 30.
Seattle Mariners organization
On January 17, 2014, Piña signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners.
Detroit Tigers organization
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.
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. In 2016 he hit .254 with 2 home runs and 12 RBIs in 33 games with the Brewers.
