Biography
Jared Robert Triolo (born February 8, 1998) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
Amateur career
Triolo attended Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas, where he earned All-State honors in baseball as a senior in 2016. After graduating, he enrolled at the University of Houston where he played college baseball for the Houston Cougars. In 2017 (batting .250) and 2018 (batting .276), he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star in 2018. As a junior at Houston in 2019, Triolo slashed .332/.420/.512 with seven home runs and 44 RBIs over 56 games. In college he played 164 games at third base, 15 games in right field, and three games at shortstop.
After the season, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the 72nd overall selection in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for $870,700.
Professional career
Triolo made his professional debut with the West Virginia Black Bears of the Low–A New York–Penn League where he batted .239/ 314/.389 with two home runs and 34 RBIs over sixty games, in which he played 41 games at third base and 17 games at shortstop. He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He played the 2021 season with the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the High-A East, slashing .304/.369/.480 with 15 home runs, 42 RBIs, 29 doubles, and 25 stolen bases over 108 games, in which he played 102 games at third base and five games at shortstop. He was awarded a Minor League Gold Glove for his defense at third base. He was assigned to the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Eastern League for the 2022 season. Over 112 games, Triolo slashed .282/.376/.419 with nine home runs, 39 RBIs, and 24 stolen bases, in which he played 87 games at third base, 17 games at shortstop, and seven games in center field.
On November 15, 2022, the Pirates selected Triolo's contract and added him to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Triolo was optioned to the Indianapolis Indians of the Triple-A International League to begin the 2023 season. On March 27, 2023, it was announced that Triolo would undergo surgery to address a fractured hamate bone in one of his wrists and miss multiple months in recovery. Once he returned, Triolo played in 41 games split between the Single–A Bradenton Marauders and Indianapolis, hitting a cumulative .309/.412/.463 with 1 home run, 24 RBI, and 8 stolen bases, playing 32 games at third base, 16 games at shortstop, nine games at second base, and three games at first base. On June 27, he was promoted to the major leagues for the first time following an injury to Ke'Bryan Hayes, and batted .298/.388/.398 with three home runs and 21 RBIs in 181 at bats.
In 2024, playing for the Pirates, he batted .216/.296/.315 with 9 home runs and 46 RBIs in 394 at bats, playing 61 games at third base, 47 at second base, 9 at shortstop, 9 at first base, and one in right field. His defensive efforts earned him the National League Gold Glove Award at the "Utility" position.