Blake Treinen

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2+13 innings in the 2020 NLDS, 5+13 innings in the 2020 NLCS and 2+23 innings in the 2020 World Series, allowing six total runs and picking up a save in Game 5 of the World Series. The Dodgers won the championship in six games [37] After the season, the Dodgers re-signed Treinen to a two-year, $17.5 million contract, which also included a team option for a third year. [38]

Treinen pitched in 72 games for the Dodgers in 2021, with a 1.99 ERA, a 6–5 record, seven saves, 85 strikeouts and an MLB-leading 32 holds. [37] In the playoffs, he pitched 1+23 scoreless innings in the Wild Card Game, allowed one run on one hit with five strikeouts in 3+13 innings in the 2021 NLDS and one run on three hits in 3+23 innings in the 2021 NLCS. [37] He came down with a sore shoulder early in the 2022 season which shut him down for the first half of the season. [39] Despite the injury, the Dodgers announced on May 22 that they had signed him to a one-year, $8 million, extension covering the 2023 season and included a conditional option for 2024. [40] He pitched in five games for the Dodgers, allowing one run in five innings [37] while spending most of the season on the injured list, returning from his original injury only to quickly wind up going back on the list. [41]

On November 11, 2022, Treinen underwent right shoulder labrum and rotator cuff repair surgery, with an estimated 10 month recovery. [42] He was expected to return for the start of the 2024 season but suffered a bruised lung in spring training and began the season on the injured list. [43] After a rehab assignment in the minors, Treinen was activated by the Dodgers on May 5. [44] He wound up pitching 46+23 innings in 50 games, with a 7–3 record, 1.93 ERA and 56 strikeouts. [37] He pitched 3+23 scoreless innings with two saves in the 2024 NLDS, allowed one run in 4+13 innings in the 2024 NLCS and allowed two runs in 4+13 innings in the 2024 World Series. [37]

On December 10, 2024, Treinen signed a two-year, $22 million contract to remain with the Dodgers. [45]

Personal life

Treinen is married to Kati Treinen and owns a bulldog named Maxx "C". [46] They have two children and live in Walla Walla, Washington, where Kati is an assistant women's basketball coach at Walla Walla Community College. [47] He is a devout Christian. [48]

In 2023, Treinen criticized the Dodgers organization for including the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an LGBT charity, in their annual Pride Night event, saying that it "disenfranchises a large community and promotes hate of Christians and people of faith." [49]

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Blake Treinen
MG 3651 Blake Treinen.jpg
Treinen with the Washington Nationals in 2014
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 49
Pitcher
Born: (1988-06-30) June 30, 1988 (age 36)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 12, 2014, for the Washington Nationals