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I’m doing and how that’s going to help me in the long run as opposed to just right now. And developing routines, that’s extremely important because that’s where my confidence comes from, in my routines rather than my results. That’s a big thing for me.”

The bashful kid from Virginia trusts his body and he trusts his process. If you build and develop a routine and trust yourself, success will follow, that’s the Triantos way.

Unfortunately 2023 would not get off to the start he had envisioned.

“We were playing a simulated game right before a spring training game started,” the 20-year-old told me. “I stole a bag, didn’t really think much of it, scored, and kept playing the rest of the game. Woke up the next morning and my knee was kind of swollen… I just couldn’t run on it, it was really bothering me. So they made me go get an MRI and I found out that I’d torn my meniscus.”

Spring training injuries are difficult for minor league guys. It’s a slow start out of the gate to a year of development and working to get better and reach higher. It also means you have to watch as everyone else, your teammates, friends, guys you were drafted with, get assigned to affiliates and go begin their season.

But Triantos is a glass-half-full kind of guy.

“You know it sucked but a lot of good came from it. I was able to work on myself, I had a lot of time to myself, just to develop and get right mentally, better myself. Everything happens for a reason you just got to make the most of it.”

He knows he has a job to do. He wants to be great and is aware of how much work it’ll take to get there.

After surgery and a successful rehab,

Triantos was sent to South Bend and activated on the roster on May 9. Many prognosticators think he’s due for a breakout season in a much more hitterfriendly setting with a whole season of experience now under his belt.

Many players come through South Bend on their Minor League Baseball journeys and sometimes it’s clear that certain guys are going to be beloved by the fans here. I would put Triantos in that category, he’s always signing autographs, smiling, enjoying himself, but reserved and mature between the lines.

You sometimes have to just step back and remember he’s only 20-years-old. He’s got bat-to-ball skills scouts dream of seeing, a fantastic arm, deceiving power, and soft hands defensively.

Right now, he’s also still just enjoying the ride.

“I just want to keep playing as best as I can and I’m just extremely happy to be able to be with my friends right now playing baseball. Having it taken away from you makes you appreciate it that much more. So I’m just happy to be out here with my friends playing the best sport in the world.”