Manny Piña signs two-year contract with current MLB champions

The Venezuelan receiver Manny Pineapple, has signed a contract for the season 2022 of the Major League Baseball – MLB with the team of Atlanta Braves.

Through their Twitter account, the Atlanta Braves organization announced the agreement they reached with the Venezuelan mask Manny Piña, where they stated that he will be part of the team for the 2022 season of the Major Leagues.

After his contract with the Brewers expired, Piña was released and was hired by the World Series champion team, giving him a two-year, $ 8 million contract.

Here the report:

#Braves Sign Manny Pineapple: pic.twitter.com/LCFSmC81Qq

– Atlanta Braves (@Braves) November 15, 2021

The agreement reached by management and the player was for a period of two years, $ 8 million dollars, distributed as follows, $ 3.5 million in the first year and $ 4.5 million in the second year of the contract, with an option to the $ 4 million team by 2024, without the so-called “buy out.”

The addition of another receiver appears to be a surprise as the Braves have extended Travis d’Arnaud and also have two promising prospects such as William Contreras and Shae Langeliers. It is unlikely that the Venezuelan will be part of the starting lineup but it is likely that the Braves will choose to carry three receivers on their roster with the possible addition of a designated hitter in the National League and also to protect themselves in case d’Arnaud suffers. any injury.

The Barquisimeto-born receiver comes from playing the 2021 season with the Milwaukee Brewers, where he hit 34 hits in 180 hits to the batter’s box, scoring 27 runs and driving in 33, hitting 14 homers and leaving an offensive line of .189. /.293/.732.

Defensively he only made three errors, gave 27 assists and caught 11 runners in an attempted steal to leave a fielding percentage of .994, taking into account that he only saw action as a catcher 65 opportunities.