Blake Trahan
| Blake Trahan | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Trahan with the Louisville Bats in 2018 | |
| Shortstop | |
| Born: September 5, 1993 Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 3, 2018, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 30, 2018, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .214 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 0 |
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| Teams | |
Blake Matthew Trahan (born September 5, 1993) is an American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds in 2018.
Amateur career
[edit | edit source]Trahan attended Kinder High School in Kinder, Louisiana. He enrolled at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to play college baseball for the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team.[1][2] In 2015, Trahan was named the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Player of the Year.[3]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Considered a potential first round draft pick in the 2015 MLB draft,[4] the Cincinnati Reds selected Trahan in the third round, with the 84th overall selection.[5] Trahan signed with the Reds, receiving a $708,900 signing bonus,[6] and began his professional career with the Billings Mustangs of the Rookie-level Pioneer League.[7] After posting a .312 batting average with a .803 OPS, he was promoted to the Daytona Tortugas of the High-A Florida State League to end the season, where he struggled, batting .139 in 11 games. In 2016, Trahan returned to Daytona,[8] where he posted a .263 batting average, along with four home runs, 47 RBI, and 25 stolen bases.[9]
Trahan played for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos of the Double-A Southern League in 2017 where he batted .222 with two home runs and 27 RBI in 136 games.[10] In 2018, he played for the Louisville Bats of the Triple-A International League. On September 1, 2018, Trahan was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[11] He made 11 appearances for Cincinnati during his rookie campaign, going 3-for-14 (.214). After the season, Trahan won the Minor League Baseball Rawlings Gold Glove Award.[12]
Trahan began the 2019 season with Louisville.[12] On August 5, 2019, Trahan was designated for assignment by Cincinnati following the promotion of Brian O'Grady.[13] He cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Louisville on August 8.[14]
Trahan participated in 2020 spring training with the Reds, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon the resumption of the MLB season in July, Trahan was invited to return to the team on June 28, but opted to retire from baseball.[15]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from MLB · ESPN · Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Allen Parish, Louisiana
- Baseball players from Louisiana
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball players
- Greeneville Reds players
- Billings Mustangs players
- Daytona Tortugas players
- Pensacola Blue Wahoos players
- Louisville Bats players
- Scottsdale Scorpions players
- Tigres del Licey players
- American expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic