José Briceño

José Manuel Briceño (born September 19, 1992) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher who is a free agent.

In 2013, he played for the Asheville Tourists, Tri-City Dust Devils, and Grand Junction Rockies.

The Rockies traded Briceño and catcher Chris O'Dowd to the Atlanta Braves for pitchers David Hale and Gus Schlosser on January 30, 2015.

Briceño was again invited to Spring Training in 2018, and again failed to make the team and was reassigned to Salt Lake.

After hitting .212/.257/.434 with 5 home runs and 15 RBI in 31 games for Albuquerque, Briceño was released by the Rockies on July 21, 2021.

[8] On August 20, 2021, Briceño signed with the Lexington Legends of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

[11] Briceño played in 41 games for the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers, batting .252/.298/.405 with 4 home runs and 21 RBI.

[13] He split the year between Omaha and the Double–A Northwest Arkansas Naturals, playing in 49 total games and hitting .226/.275/.401 with 9 home runs and 24 RBI.

Briceño with the Angels in 2018