2025 Trinidad Triggers Season Recap - A Difficult Season Finishes With a Strong Late-Summer Run

The 2025 Trinidad Triggers season was a summer of extremes. Trinidad struggled through long portions of the schedule, endured several difficult losing streaks and experienced many of the pitching problems that can make life difficult in the offensive environment of the Pecos League. At the same time, the Triggers continued to produce talented offensive players, remained competitive in numerous close games and finished the final weeks of the season with their best stretch of baseball of the summer.

Trinidad finished the 2025 season with a 21-31 record in the games on the schedule that produced a decision. It was not the type of season the Triggers had hoped for, particularly for a franchise that had experienced several playoff runs during its history, but the final record did not completely describe the way the season ended. After spending much of June and early July struggling to put victories together, Trinidad caught fire during the second half of July and produced a stretch that showed what the club was capable of when its offense and pitching came together.

The season produced several outstanding individual performances. Gleyder Abreu hit .403 and led Trinidad with 64 hits while driving in 42 runs. Chris Viamonte hit .390 and became one of the most difficult hitters in the lineup to retire, drawing 47 walks while striking out only 11 times. Ryan Drag supplied the most consistent power, hitting .353 with nine home runs, while Jake Tanner scored 50 runs. LeRoy Rushing, Carlos Urias and Garrett Hunter helped give the Triggers additional depth throughout the batting order.

The problem for Trinidad was rarely whether the team could score enough runs to compete. The larger challenge was preventing opponents from doing the same. That imbalance created a season filled with high-scoring games, narrow losses and nights when even a productive offensive performance wasn't enough to produce a victory.

Trinidad began the season on May 29 with exactly the type of game the club hoped would set the tone for the summer, winning a tight 4-3 contest. The Triggers lost the next two games 10-8 and 16-9 before bouncing back with an 8-2 victory on June 1. Four games into the season, Trinidad was 2-2 and still searching for the consistency that would determine whether the club could remain in the playoff race.

The opening days offered a preview of what was coming. Trinidad could score runs and was capable of producing big innings, but once opponents began reaching double digits, the Triggers often found themselves needing nearly perfect offensive performances simply to keep pace. A 4-3 loss on June 2 was followed by a 19-8 Trinidad victory the next night, demonstrating just how dramatically the character of a Triggers game could change from one evening to the next.

June soon became a grind. Trinidad lost four consecutive games by scores of 7-4, 8-5, 7-1 and 7-6 before finally stopping the streak with a 6-3 victory on June 9. Several of those losses were competitive and could easily have gone the other way, but the inability to finish close games became one of the defining problems of the season.

After the 6-3 victory, Trinidad lost 10-3 and then endured a 32-11 defeat. The Triggers followed that game with heartbreaking losses of 14-13 and 10-9 before falling 19-4. That sequence illustrated the extremes of the season. Trinidad could score 13 runs and lose. It could score nine runs and lose by one. On another night, the game could get completely away from the pitching staff.

The Triggers finally stopped the slide with a 9-8 victory and followed it with a 12-6 win. For a moment, Trinidad appeared ready to reverse the direction of the season, but another difficult stretch followed. Every time the Triggers seemed ready to establish momentum, another series of losses pushed them backward.

One of the most frustrating aspects of the summer was the number of games Trinidad had an opportunity to win. The Triggers lost games by scores of 4-3, 7-6, 14-13, 10-9, 5-4, another 4-3 decision and 16-15 during different portions of the season. Those weren't games where Trinidad was completely outmatched. They were games where one additional hit, one defensive play or one more out could have changed the result.

Gleyder Abreu emerged as Trinidad's leading hitter and gave the Triggers an extremely consistent presence in the lineup. Abreu played 41 games and collected 64 hits in 159 at-bats, finishing with a .403 batting average. He scored 36 runs, hit 13 doubles, one triple and two home runs while driving in 42. Abreu also drew 29 walks and stole 12 bases, giving Trinidad a hitter who could reach base, produce runs and create additional pressure with his speed.

Finishing a professional season above .400 represented one of the major individual accomplishments of Trinidad's summer. In a season where the roster changed and the team struggled to maintain consistency, Abreu remained one of the hitters the Triggers could depend upon. His 64 hits and 42 RBIs made him a central part of the offense from beginning to end.

Chris Viamonte gave Trinidad another outstanding offensive season. Viamonte appeared in 47 games and collected 62 hits in 159 at-bats, finishing with a .390 batting average. He scored 45 runs, drove in 26 and stole 15 bases. The most remarkable part of Viamonte's season, however, was his plate discipline. He drew 47 walks while striking out only 11 times.

That combination made Viamonte exceptionally difficult for opposing pitchers to retire. He could reach base with a hit, work a walk or use his speed once he reached base. Together, Viamonte and Abreu gave Trinidad two hitters who approached or exceeded the .400 mark and consistently created opportunities for the middle of the batting order.

Ryan Drag provided the biggest regular power threat in the Trinidad lineup. Drag played 43 games and collected 61 hits in 173 at-bats, finishing with a .353 average. He scored 38 runs, hit eight doubles and led the regular Trinidad hitters with nine home runs while driving in 37. His power gave the Triggers an important middle-of-the-order presence and another hitter capable of changing the score with one swing.

Jake Tanner became another important part of the offense. Tanner appeared in 45 games and scored 50 runs, the highest total among the team's regular hitters. He collected 50 hits, including seven doubles and four home runs, while driving in 34. Tanner also drew 30 walks, consistently putting himself in position to score when Trinidad's run producers came to the plate.

LeRoy Rushing gave Trinidad another productive all-around player, hitting .312 while scoring 30 runs and driving in 30. Carlos Urias became one of the team's most patient hitters, drawing 36 walks in only 29 games while scoring 33 runs. Garrett Hunter also produced a strong offensive season behind the plate, hitting .361 in 27 games with 35 hits and 19 RBIs.

Dominick Pizano provided one of the most explosive stretches of the summer in limited action. In one seven-game statistical stretch, Pizano collected 15 hits in 30 at-bats for a .500 average. Six of those hits were doubles and four were home runs, and he drove in 17 runs while scoring 13 times. His stay was limited, but his production demonstrated the type of offensive talent that passed through Trinidad during the season.

While the offense featured several outstanding individual performances, the pitching staff experienced a much more difficult summer. Christian Diaz carried the largest workload, throwing 63.2 innings and striking out 58 hitters, but finished 0-9 with an 8.19 ERA. Derek Gallegos threw 49.1 innings, Juan Ortega worked 43 innings and Luis Aguilar also threw 43. The numbers reflected the difficulty Trinidad experienced keeping opponents off the scoreboard consistently.

Daniel Rosas provided some stability, finishing 3-2 while making six starts and throwing 44.2 innings. He walked only nine hitters and struck out 33. Dylan Fariancci also gave the Triggers a productive stretch, going 3-0 in four appearances, including three starts, while throwing 21 innings and recording a complete game. Erik Kowalski went 1-0 with a 3.46 ERA in four appearances, providing another positive performance in limited action.

The pitching problems placed enormous pressure on the offense. There were too many nights when Trinidad needed to score eight, nine or ten runs simply to remain competitive. When the pitching staff was able to keep opponents under control, the Triggers had enough offensive talent to win. When games became shootouts, Trinidad was frequently forced to chase runs throughout the night.

Near the end of June, the Triggers finally began showing signs of sustained improvement. Trinidad won 8-7 and followed with victories of 18-13 and 16-7. For three consecutive games, the offense was able to do enough to overcome whatever problems developed on the mound. It was one of the first sustained winning stretches of the season and provided hope that Trinidad could still finish the summer strongly.

Early July brought more adversity. After winning 6-4, Trinidad lost three consecutive games by scores of 8-1, 10-6 and 12-5. The Triggers responded with a 7-4 victory before entering another frustrating series of close losses. Trinidad lost 10-9, 5-4 and 5-1 before suffering another 4-3 defeat and then a 14-7 loss.

By the middle of July, the Triggers had fallen well behind in the standings. The season could easily have deteriorated from there. Instead, Trinidad suddenly began playing its best baseball of the year.

The turnaround started with a 14-7 victory on July 18. Trinidad followed that win with a wild 20-17 victory and then won 16-8. The Triggers kept rolling with an 8-7 victory and followed with a 6-3 win. Five consecutive victories had completely changed the atmosphere surrounding the team.

Then came one of the most extraordinary offensive performances in Trinidad Triggers history.

Trinidad scored 38 runs in a 38-12 victory.

The 38-run performance represented the ultimate example of the offensive potential that had existed on the roster throughout the summer. A lineup featuring Abreu, Viamonte, Drag, Tanner and the rest of Trinidad's hitters was capable of producing runs in enormous numbers when everything came together.

The Triggers didn't stop there. After winning by 26 runs, Trinidad returned the following night and won a completely different type of game, surviving 16-15. The Triggers then won again, 10-7. From July 18 through July 26, Trinidad won eight consecutive games that produced decisions.

The scores demonstrated the versatility of the streak. Trinidad won 14-7, 20-17, 16-8, 8-7, 6-3, 38-12, 16-15 and 10-7. Some were blowouts. Some were shootouts. Others came down to the final inning. The important thing was that Trinidad was finally finding ways to win all of them.

For more than a week, the Triggers looked like a completely different team from the one that had struggled through June and early July. It was too late to completely change the direction of the season, but the streak changed the way the summer felt. Instead of simply playing out the schedule, Trinidad had found momentum and demonstrated that the talent on the roster was capable of producing winning baseball.

The eight-game run eventually ended with a 15-8 loss, and Trinidad then suffered a difficult 13-0 defeat. But the Triggers did not allow the season to finish on that note. Trinidad responded in its final recorded game with a convincing 12-3 victory, giving the club one final positive result after a summer filled with adversity.

The final statistics made the identity of the 2025 Triggers clear. This was an offensive baseball team. Abreu hit .403. Viamonte hit .390. Drag hit .353 with nine home runs. Hunter hit .361. Rushing hit .312. Tanner scored 50 runs. Viamonte drew 47 walks while striking out only 11 times, and Abreu collected 64 hits while driving in 42.

Those numbers gave Trinidad plenty of opportunities to win games. The challenge was keeping opponents from matching the offense. The schedule included losses in which Trinidad scored eight, nine, 13 and even 15 runs. Scoring was frequently not enough, and the pitching staff was forced to work in difficult situations throughout the summer.

A 21-31 finish placed the Triggers outside the postseason and made the year disappointing from a wins-and-losses perspective, but the final record didn't tell the entire story. There was a significant difference between the team Trinidad was during the middle of June and the club that finished July.

The late-season eight-game winning streak showed that the Triggers hadn't quit. Players continued competing even after the difficult first half had damaged Trinidad's postseason chances. The offense continued producing, the club finally began turning close games into victories and the Triggers gave themselves a positive ending to an otherwise frustrating summer.

The 2025 season also represented another summer of professional baseball at Trinidad Central Park, a ballpark that had been part of the Pecos League landscape since the Triggers began play in 2012. By this point, generations of Pecos League players had passed through Trinidad. Central Park had hosted playoff games, championship races, extraordinary offensive performances and countless unusual moments that could happen only in independent baseball.

The 2025 team added another chapter to that history. It wasn't a championship chapter and it wasn't a playoff chapter. It was a season defined by perseverance, offensive production and a team that played its best baseball when there was every reason for the players to simply finish out the schedule.

For much of the summer, Trinidad couldn't find consistency. Close losses accumulated, opponents scored too many runs and the Triggers repeatedly found themselves trying to overcome large deficits. Even excellent offensive performances weren't always enough to produce victories.

Then everything changed in late July.

The Triggers won eight consecutive games. They scored 20 runs in one victory, 16 in another and an incredible 38 in another. They also demonstrated that they could win close games, surviving 8-7 and 16-15 decisions during the streak.

The 2025 Trinidad Triggers weren't one of the championship teams in franchise history. They didn't produce the postseason excitement of some of Trinidad's greatest summers. They finished 21-31 and spent too much of the season trying to overcome pitching problems and early deficits.

But they also featured two outstanding hitters in Gleyder Abreu and Chris Viamonte, received consistent power from Ryan Drag, watched Jake Tanner score 50 runs and produced one of the most remarkable offensive performances of the summer with a 38-run game.

Most importantly, they kept playing.

When the season could have faded away, Trinidad won eight straight games. When that streak finally ended, the Triggers responded one final time with a 12-3 victory.

The final record showed a losing season.

The final weeks showed a team that refused to finish like one.

That became the defining story of the 2025 Trinidad Triggers.