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.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Reds’ Jose Trevino tried to break MLB record for slowest pitch