Reds pitcher Andrew Abbott talks about MLB All-Star selection
Cincinnati Reds lefty Andrew Abbott learned of his MLB All-Star selection in the first inning Tuesday and immediately texted his parents at the game.
When Cincinnati Reds catcher Jose Trevino recorded the slowest pitch of the 2025 MLB season July 8 against the Miami Marlins, he was trying to break the record of a pitch he received in 2021, according to FanDuel Sports Network reporter Jim Day.
Day said during the broadcast of the Reds’ win July 9 that Trevino was trying to set the record for the slowest pitch on record.
“It’s in a blowout game,” Day said. “What are you gonna do? When a position player is on the mound, it’s not a great situation. So you try to have as much fun with it as you can. 31.1 miles per hour I believe is the record: Brock Holt. On the catching end of that was … Jose Trevino. So last night he came close with a few eephus pitches but didn’t quite get the record. But (his teammates) were egging him on. … Trevino’s been talking up his knuckleball for a long, long time. (Tyler) Stephenson said it is legit. It is hard to catch.”
Holt’s 31.1 mile-per-hour eephus pitch during the Athletics‘ 12-3 blowout of the Texas Rangers was caught by his then-Rangers teammate Trevino.
Baseball Savant statistics indicate that Trevino matched Holt at 31.1.