Jul 19, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Lou Trivino (58) throws against the Milwaukee Brewers during the eighth inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images Jul 19, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Lou Trivino (58) throws against the Milwaukee Brewers during the eighth inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images

Lou Trivino Signs Minor League Deal With Phillies

Originally posted on Dodger Blue | By Blake Williams | Last updated Aug 5, 2025 2:22 PM ET

Amid their search for bullpen help early in the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Lou Trivino to a Minor League contract on May 10.

Trivino was called up just over a week later and quickly provided the Dodgers with a quality arm. That earned him increased high-leverage opportunities, but that was a role he fell out of as the bullpen started to stabilize and he regressed.

The Dodgers ended up designating Trivino for assignment on July 21, and six days later they released him.

How, Trivino has caught on with a new team, signing a Minor League deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, according to Matt Gelb of The Athletic:

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

That marks the third organization Trivino has been with in 2025. Along with the Dodgers, he also spent time with the San Francisco Giants.

The journeyman reliever has spent the majority of his career with The Athletics, and also had a stint with the New York Yankees in 2022.

Trivino made 26 appearances for the Dodgers, allowing 11 runs in 26.1 innings (3.76 ERA). Prior to joining the Dodgers, he went 1-0 with a 5.84 ERA in 12.1 innings and 11 strikeouts with the Giants.

Overall this year, he’s thrown 38.2 innings with a 4.42 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 17.2% strikeout rate and 7.7% walk rate. Opposing hitters are batting .265 against him, and he has a fip of 5.02.

Lou Trivino’s MLB career

Trivino has been in the Major Leagues parts of six seasons with the A’s (2018-22), Yankees (2022) and Giants (2025), going 323.1 innings with a 24-26 record and a 3.92 ERA.

Trivino was drafted by the A’s in the 11th round of the 2013 MLB Draft and made his debut five years later on April 17, 2018.

By the 2021 season, he became the A’s closer and recorded 37 saves in his career with them, but he was traded to the Yankees in 2022 along with Frankie Montas.

During the 2023 season, he suffered an elbow strain and required Tommy John surgery that kept him out until 2025 when he signed a Minor League deal with the Giants.

This article first appeared on Dodger Blue and was syndicated with permission.

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