Blake Trahan
Trahan with the Louisville Bats in 2018
Shortstop
Born: (1993-09-05) September 5, 1993 (age 30)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
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 runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

Blake Matthew Trahan (born September 5, 1993) is an American former professional baseball shortstop. He played for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

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]

Cincinnati Reds

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 an .803 OPS, he was promoted to the Daytona Tortugas of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League to end the season, where he struggled, batting .139 in 11 games. In 2016, he returned to Daytona,[8] where he posted a .263 batting average, along with four home runs, 47 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases.[9] He played for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos of the Class AA Southern League in 2017 where he batted .222 with two home runs and 27 RBIs in 136 games.[10] In 2018, he played for the Louisville Bats of the Class AAA International League. The Reds promoted him to the major leagues on September 1.[11] He played in 11 games for Cincinnati. After the 2018 season, he 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, and outrighted off the roster on August 8.

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.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Gritty UL-Lafayette SS Blake Trahan has Cajuns playing grind-it-out baseball". NOLA.com. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  2. ^ Tim Buckley (March 9, 2015). "Cajuns' Blake Trahan on another level". The Advertiser. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  3. ^ "Sun Belt Announces End of Season Baseball Honors".
  4. ^ Tim Buckley (May 19, 2015). "How does Blake Trahan block out all that draft buzz?". The Advertiser. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "UL-Lafayette SS Blake Trahan taken by Cincinnati Reds in third round". NOLA.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  6. ^ Travis Webb (June 15, 2015). "KATC.com - Continuous News Coverage - Acadiana-Lafayette - Reds Sign Former Cajuns Star Blake Trahan". katc.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  7. ^ "KATC.com - Continuous News Coverage - Acadiana-Lafayette - Blake Trahan Begins Minors With Billings Mustangs". katc.com. June 17, 2015. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  8. ^ Boyle, Chris (May 21, 2016). "Tortugas Notes: Trahan continues tremendous month at the plate". Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  9. ^ Sheldon, Mark (February 3, 2017). "Reds prospect Blake Trahan ready for 2017". MLB.com. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  10. ^ "Blake Trahan Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  11. ^ "Cincinnati Reds add Sims, Trahan, release Weiss". Cincinnati.com. September 1, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  12. ^ a b Courier Journal Published 3:27 p.m. ET April 27, 2019 (April 27, 2019). "Louisville Bats: Blake Trahan receives Gold Glove trophy". Courier-journal.com. Retrieved May 5, 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Nightengale, Bobby. "Analysis: A breakdown of the Cincinnati Reds' 57-man player pool for preseason camp". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved June 28, 2020.

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Sun Belt Conference Baseball Player of the Year
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