Brayan Pena will not be returning to the Detroit Tigers in 2014.

The upbeat backup catcher tweeted Wednesday afternoon that he’d been informed of that fact by the organization.

I was inform that i will not be returning to The Tigers ,i want to thanks the FANS, the ORGANIZATION & my TEAMMATES for the opportunity !!!!
— Brayan Pena (@cuban2727) October 30, 2013

Now I'm ready to accept the new chapter in my life like i always do, with FAITH & DEDICATION to play the game that I LOVE & RESPECT.
— Brayan Pena (@cuban2727) October 30, 2013

Pena was signed to a one-year, $875,000 contract on Dec. 10, 2012. He was a free agent after the conclusion of the season.

This decision leaves the Tigers will just one catcher left on what was the 25-man playoff roster — Alex Avila — but there are two more, Bryan Holaday and Ramon Cabrera, on the 40-man roster.

The switch-hitting Pena hit .297 with four home runs, 11 doubles and 22 RBI in 71 games for the Tigers this season, but wasn’t the perfect complement for the left-handed-hitting Avila in a platoon situation, since the majority of his damage came from the left side, as well.

The soon-to-be-25-year-old Holaday, a sixth-round pick in the 2010 draft, was expected to be the backup a season ago, after the departure of Gerald Laird, but was given another year of seasoning at Triple-A when the Tigers picked up Pena.