Blake M Treinen is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball .
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25 Facts About Blake Treinen
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Blake Treinen played college baseball for the Baker Wildcats and the South Dakota State Jackrabbits baseball team.
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Blake Treinen has played in MLB for the Athletics and Washington Nationals.
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Blake Treinen was an All-Star in 2018 and won the 2020 World Series with the Dodgers over the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Blake Treinen played for the school's baseball team as a freshman, but quit during his sophomore year as he developed prediabetes.
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Blake Treinen returned to the team in his junior year, with his fastball reaching 79 miles per hour .
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Blake Treinen enrolled at Baker University, where he played college baseball for the Baker Wildcats in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in 2007.
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Blake Treinen transferred to the University of Arkansas in 2008, but did not play for its baseball team.
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Blake Treinen attempted to walk on to the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, but was denied the opportunity to try out.
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Blake Treinen transferred to South Dakota State University to continue his college baseball career with the Jackrabbits.
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Blake Treinen had to sit out 2009 due to the NCAA's rules on transfers.
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Pitching for the Stockton Ports of the Class A-Advanced California League in 2012, Blake Treinen had a season he called "subpar" and "mediocre", in which he had a 4.
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Blake Treinen reached 100 miles per hour with his sinker for the first time in his major league career during the first half of the season.
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Blake Treinen remained with the Nationals for much of the year, posting a 3.
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Blake Treinen credited veteran teammate Matt Belisle and the Nationals' new pitching coach, Mike Maddux, for helping him improve his craft, while Maddux described Treinen's progress over the course of the season as "puppy dog to bulldog".
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Blake Treinen led the National League in groundballs induced with 65.
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Blake Treinen was frequently used in situations when another Nationals pitcher had allowed one or more baserunners and manager Dusty Baker was seeking a double play ball, a role in which he excelled with his high-90s sinker.
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Blake Treinen remained with the Nationals for the entire year, working exclusively out of the bullpen, and made his first playoff appearance for the team, being credited with the win in Game 2 of the Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers and taking the loss in Game 4.
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On Opening Day, Blake Treinen pitched a perfect inning in the top of the ninth against the Miami Marlins with two strikeouts to end the game, earning the save, the second of his career.
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Blake Treinen recorded 13 saves with the A's in 2017, including his last 12 opportunities in a row after blowing three of his first four.
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Blake Treinen came down with a sore shoulder early in the 2022 season which shut him down for the first half of the season.
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Blake Treinen pitched in five games for the Dodgers, allowing one run in five innings.
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Blake Treinen spent most of the season on the injured list, returning from his original injury only to quickly wind up going back on the list.
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