The Philadelphia Phillies continue to make moves, signing free-agent Lou Trivino to a minor-league deal on Monday. Trivino, who's 33 years old, played for the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers early this year until he was released on July 27. Trivino is originally from Pennsylvania as he grew up in Green Lane and attended Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
Phillies have signed righty reliever Lou Trivino to a minor-league deal, a source told @TheAthleticMLB. Montco native who went to Slippery Rock. Pitched for Giants and Dodgers earlier this season.
— Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) August 4, 2025
Through 37 games in 2025, Trivino has a 3-1 record, 4.42 ERA and 29 strikeouts through 38 2/3 innings pitched. Over his six MLB seasons, he has a career 3.92 ERA in 322 games. The Phillies would be his fifth MLB team if he's able to crack the major league roster. He played for the Athletics for his first five seasons before going to the New York Yankees, Giants and then Dodgers.
Phillies pick up reliever Lou Trivino after he was cast aside by NL rival Dodgers
The Phillies signing Trivino is a good move, even just from a depth perspective. It's the same reason they signed David Robertson just last month (subscription required) on a late major league deal, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The way the Phillies' bullpen has been, an additional arm on a cheap deal is a no-brainer. Trivino did miss all of 2023-24 with Tommy John surgery, but he's fought hard to work his way back, per MLB.com's Maria Guardado.
Trivino has a six-pitch mix, including a sinker (23.9 percent), cutter (23.3 percent), sweeper (20.5 percent), four-seamer (15.5 percent), changeup (15.4 percent) and a curveball (1.4 percent).
Lou Trivino, Disgusting Breaking Ball...and Sword. ⚔️
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 24, 2022
22 inches of Break. pic.twitter.com/dWdxhcFj2F
According to Statcast, in 2022, he had a hard-hit rate of 47.1 percent through 64 games. That was only in the second percentile. His average exit velocity also struggled at 88.7 mph, putting that in the 45th percentile. Trivino completely overhauled his game after a two-year hiatus as his hard-hit rate plummeted to only 32 percent, which is in the 96th percentile. His average exit velocity also saw a drop from 2.1 percent to 86.8 percent, which now puts him in the 94th percentile.
Off his sinker, opposing batters are hitting only .216 in 44 plate appearances this season. His sweeper, however, is his main put-away pitch that he rocks an opposing batting average of just .167. He also has a 32.1 percent whiff rate and a 12.5 percent hard-hit rate. He could really make for a great addition for the Phillies if he can just expand on his strikeout ability and limit the amount of baserunners allowed.