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It’ll be the second day off for Stephenson on the young campaign. Jose Trivino will catch Brandon Williamson and hit eighth against Bubba Chandler and the Bucs.

Stephenson sat out four games before the fracture was discovered. It’s a big loss for the Reds, but they do have the reliable Jose Trevino to fill in behind the plate and Will Banfield was promoted to serve as the backup. Stephenson was hitting .226/.313/.393 with nine homers in 288 plate appearances. He might be back sometime next month, but it seems safe to drop him in mixed leagues.

Jose Trevino has done a nice job filling in recently, which makes it an easier decision to give Stephenson some extra time off to address a lingering left thumb issue that’s been bothering him for a couple weeks.

Stephenson remains on Cincinnati’s bench as he continues to battle left thumb soreness that has kept him out since last Friday. He suffered the injury a couple weeks ago and has been playing through it. It’ll be Jose Trevino handling the catching duties on Monday night in his absence.

It looks like nothing more than a routine day off for the hard-hitting backstop, and with Paul Skenes toeing the slab for the Pirates it’s not a bad time to get a breather. Jose Trevino will do the catching for the Reds and will bat eighth on Thursday evening at PNC Park.

For the second time in the four-game series, Stephenson will give way to Jose Trevino behind the plate. There doesn’t appear to be a catching controversy yet, but it’s worth noting that Stephenson has been struggling behind the plate since the start of July.

Trevino also got a nice nod earlier in the day, as the Reds chose to put Tyler Stephenson at DH on the All-Star ballot and list Trevino as their catcher. Trevino, who was the Reds’ starter while Stephenson was hurt, is batting .294/.325/.487 in 127 plate appearances. That .812 OPS is 175 points better than his career mark of .637 entering the year.

Jose Trevino has been a nice surprise offensively so far, but he’ll take a backseat when Stephenson returns either this weekend or next week. The two will play together sometimes, as the Reds figure to occasionally use Stephenson as a DH.

A rare three-run game for Trevino. His only other two came in his breakthrough 2022 season with the Yankees, but even then, he scored only a total of 39 runs in115 games and 353 plate appearances. He’s opened this year 5-for-17 for a Reds team missing its starting catcher in Tyler Stephenson.

The two sides agreed to the deal on Thursday afternoon and it didn’t take them long to make it official. Trevino is expected to open the season as the Reds’ primary catcher with Tyler Stephenson (oblique) starting the season on the injured list.