The Cincinnati Reds announced that catcher Jose Trevino is being sent to join the High-A Dayton Dragons tonight for a rehab assignment. He has missed the last three weeks with a thoracic spine strain and has only played in three games for Cincinnati this season.
The 33-year-old has never played in the Reds farm system before, so this will be his first appearance with any of the minor league teams for Cincinnati. He’s expected to catch the first five innings of the game tonight for the Dragons as they take on the South Bend Cubs. Reds manager Terry Francona told reporters earlier this week that the team wanted to get him a game before activating him, with the plan being that Sunday he’ll re-join the team and be activated.
This weekend the Dragons fans in Dayton are expected to get a second rehabber, too. Left-handed pitcher Nick Lodolo is expected to pitch on Sunday for Dayton to wrap up the series against South Bend. He’s been pitching live batting practice/simulated games over the past week-and-a-half against his teammates before games. Trevino has actually been catching those, but on Sunday the two won’t be together.
Lodolo, who has been working his way back after having blister issues on his index finger. After having to leave his rehab start in early April in Daytona, the lefty has not been throwing his slider during his work on the mound. That is the pitch that has been causing the blister issues. On Sunday he is expected to throw the slider. Cincinnati is expecting him to throw four innings during the game.
Two Players Retire
On the transaction wire in the last few days we have had two players retire from the minor league system. Griffin Green retired on April 21st and Shawn Guilliams retired on April 23rd.
Let’s start with Guilliams, who has to have one of the stranger professional baseball careers around. He was drafted by the Reds in the 11th round of 2021. He never played after the draft that season. The right-handed pitcher was then on the injured list every single day of the regular season from 2022 through the day he retired. Guilliams was a professional baseball player for parts of six seasons and never threw a pitch in a regular season game.
Green was an undrafted free agent who signed with the Reds in the middle of August last year. He didn’t pitch after signing. This spring he was assigned to the Daytona Tortugas and had a rough go of things. He allowed six hits, hit two batters, walked six batters, and allowed nine earned runs with four strikeouts in his 3.1 innings. Cincinnati sent the reliever back to the ACL after two-and-a-half weeks with the Tortugas, but two days after he was demoted he opted to retire.