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Manny Pina To Undergo Season-Ending Wrist Surgery

By Anthony Franco | May 11, 2022 at 3:32pm CDT

Braves catcher Manny Piña has suffered ligament and cartilage damage in his left wrist, the team informed reporters (including David O’Brien of the Athletic). He will undergo season-ending surgery. The 34-year-old was placed on the injured list late last month with what the team called wrist inflammation, and a recent MRI revealed the issue was more serious than first believed.

Atlanta somewhat surprisingly inked Piña to a two-year, $8MM deal over the offseason. Brought in as a veteran #2 option behind Travis d’Arnaud, he only appeared in five games during his first season with the Braves. William Contreras is the only other catcher on the 40-man roster. Contreras had a nice showing in 44 Triple-A games last year, but the Braves nevertheless prioritized experience in adding Piña behind d’Arnaud — who has had some injury issues throughout his career.

Piña was coming off a decent season backing up Omar Narváez in Milwaukee. The longtime Brewer hit 13 home runs in 208 plate appearances to help compensate for a lackluster .293 on-base percentage. As he has throughout his career, he also rated very well defensively. Piña turns 35 in June and is under contract for $4.5MM next season.

Atlanta has Chadwick Tromp as a non-roster catching option with Triple-A Gwinnett. He’s off to an incredible .367/.400/.750 start over 16 games with the Stripers, so the Braves could call him up if they want the 24-year-old Contreras to see regular reps in the minors. (Selecting Tromp would require a 40-man roster spot, but that could be freed by transferring Piña to the 60-day injured list). It’s certainly possible the Braves could look outside the organization for catching depth via waivers or minor trade, as well.

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  1. bobtillman

    9 months ago

    Blake Swihart on- Line 2.

    Reply
  2. You Can Put It In The Books

    9 months ago

    Acuna is also out today with groin soreness. Uh oh, spaghetti-o’s.

    Reply
    • bravesiowafan

      9 months ago

      Not surprising a guy coming back from lower body injury to have soreness after playing as much as he has. Wouldn’t read much into acuna

      Reply
      • You Can Put It In The Books

        9 months ago

        Ok, Dr. Des Moines.

        Reply
        • bravesiowafan

          9 months ago

          Glad you know Iowa’s capitol. Gonna tell everyone we grow corn too?

        • You Can Put It In The Books

          9 months ago

          Acuna is getting an MRI today for his groin injury. Read into THAT.

  3. Milwaukee-2208

    9 months ago

    Too bad for the pineapple. Always loved him in Milwaukee

    Reply
  4. Your team should trade for Duvall. Apparently, he is a good hitter.

    9 months ago

    Not a huge loss but the season is over anyway. Hopefully, it is a start of a retool with Ozuna and Duvall gone.

    Reply
    • JAMES JACOBSEN

      9 months ago

      You must be a Mets fan! Or maybe just a Braves Troll.

      Reply
      • Schmoopkins

        9 months ago

        Troll for sure.

        Reply
        • bravesiowafan

          9 months ago

          Nah it’s what he really wants. He’s always had radical ideas for the Braves including signing old man bumgarner

        • Cohn Joppolella

          9 months ago

          MadBum equals NLCS!!!

        • JAMES JACOBSEN

          9 months ago

          He sounds LT (Looney Tunes)!

        • bravesiowafan

          9 months ago

          Must be metsfan22 he’s got several new accounts hard to keep up with all the constantly changing names

  5. inkstainedscribe

    9 months ago

    Damn. I’d hoped he could come back as the 3rd catcher and let Contreras get semi-regular ABs as DH/C/LF. Kid needs to play.

    Reply
  6. 48-team MLB

    9 months ago

    *WORLD CHAMPIONS

    Reply
  7. R.D.

    9 months ago

    Contreras should be splitting duties in the majors and DHing. He is the Braves future.

    Reply
    • getrealgone2

      9 months ago

      I never understood that signing in the first place.

      Reply
  8. bhambrave

    9 months ago

    They should bring up Langeliers. Oh, wait…

    Reply
    • UGA_Steve

      9 months ago

      Ouch!

      Reply
  9. gavilan

    9 months ago

    Call ,Preller , ask for Brett Sullivan,

    Reply
  10. riffraff

    9 months ago

    My vote is for Tromp.. probably won’t be counted though.

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    • Yankee Clipper

      9 months ago

      But it’s not an election year, and he hasn’t announced he’s running again on any major news source… Plus, it’s a bit early for the election fraud references.

      Reply
      • DarkSide830

        9 months ago

        Tromp for House? Maybe govorner?

        Reply
    • SoCalBrave

      9 months ago

      I don’t know, I heard his bat is not that great

      Reply
      • Yankee Clipper

        9 months ago

        I heard they have medication for that…..

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  11. vacommish

    9 months ago

    Padres have extra catchers to move. I’d love to land Campusano.

    Reply
  12. Enzosrevenge

    9 months ago

    Hello Preller…..

    Reply

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