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- Updated: August 3, 2016
SAN DIEGO — The only player more closely tuned in for news of a Jonathan Lucroy trade this season than Lucroy himself was journeyman catcher Manny Pina, who waited in limbo between Triple-A and the Major Leagues for two long days before Lucroy was finally sent to the Rangers at Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline.
With that, Pina was back in the big leagues for the first time since 2012 with the Royals. On Wednesday, he made his first big league start since 2011.
“I never put my head down. I was always thinking I had the ability to come back to the big leagues,” said Pina, who formed a pitcher-catcher battery Wednesday with longtime friend Junior Guerra, a fellow Venezuelan whom he’s known for 15 years.
The 29-year-old Pina arrived in Milwaukee on Sunday morning, when it appeared Lucroy would be headed to the Indians for four prospects. When Lucroy vetoed that trade, Pina was a man without a team. He traveled with the Brewers to San Diego on Sunday night, then watched Trade Deadline coverage on MLB Network on Monday to see whether Lucroy was on the move.
“I saw Lucroy traded …
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