Report: Jose Trevino, Reds Agree to Contract Extension After Offseason Yankees Trade

One week away from the start of the 2025 MLB regular season, the Cincinnati Reds have locked up the services of catcher Jose Trevino.

Per Jon Heyman of the New York Post and MLB Network, Jose Trevino and the Reds have agreed to an extension that will pay him almost $15 million over three years and includes a team option for 2028.

Gordon Wittenmeyer of the Cincinnati Enquirer provided specific details of the contract, which includes $5.25 million salaries in 2026 and 2027. The 2028 option is worth $6.5 million, but Trevino will receive a $1 million buyout if the club declines his option.

After getting the start behind the plate on opening day last year for the New York Yankees, Trevino was quickly supplanted as the No. 1 catcher on the depth chart by Austin Wells.

A first-round draft pick in 2020, Wells had a successful first season in the big leagues. He finished third in 2024 AL Rookie of the Year voting after hitting .229/.322/.395 with 13 homers in 115 games.

The Yankees traded Trevino to Cincinnati for Fernando Cruz and Alex Jackson in December. He will be the starting catcher for the Reds to open the season with Tyler Stephenson going on the injured list due to a strained oblique.

Trevino was already under contract this season with a $3.4 million base salary in his final year of arbitration. Rather than hit the market next offseason, the 32-year-old has given himself long-term security with a franchise where he could be the starting catcher for multiple years.

Trevino was a sixth-round draft pick by the Texas Rangers in 2014. He spent three full years in the minors before finally getting called up in for a brief three-game stint midway through the 2018 season.

The Rangers continued to shuttle Trevino between the big leagues and Triple-A for the next three seasons before trading him to the Yankees in April 2022.

Trevino's best season was his first year in the Bronx. He hit .248/.283/.388 in 115 games, earned an All-Star selection and won a Gold Glove award.

The past two seasons have seen Trevino post a .213/.275/.336 slash line in 128 games. He ranks fourth among all catchers with at least 400 innings in FanGraphs' defensive value since 2022.