News item:
Manny Pina has signed a two-year, $8 million deal with the Atlanta Braves that includes a $4 million club option for 2024.
— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) November 15, 2021
Manny Piña will back up Travis d’Arnaud with the Braves. Piña is a fine defensive catcher and those two will make a good tandem in Atlanta.
That probably puts William Contreras, who backed up d’Arnaud in 2021, on the trade block. Willson’s brother hit .215/.303/.399 (35-for-163) in 2021 with eight home runs, and though he was on Atlanta’s postseason roster for all three series they played this year, he got into only one game, as a pinch-hitter in the division series against the Brewers.