Jose Trevino's testy postgame interview has Yankees fans shocked he's turned heel

It all started out as fun and games. Jose Trevino, the former All-Star Yankees catcher who was traded to the Reds this offseason, was playing a joke on his former teammates by using their walkup songs on Monday and Tuesday. Everybody laughed and enjoyed it.

But then when tensions boiled over on Tuesday night, the former Yankee was at the center of the drama — something nobody realized until the day after. Trevino directed the home plate umpire to Jazz Chisholm talking to himself about a bad call made in the top half of the ninth, and Chisholm was ejected before the bottom of the ninth began in what ended up being a tough loss for the Yanks.

The video shows Trevino doing just that, and smirking the entire time. He knew what he was doing. Was it nefarious and and unforgivable? Not at all. It was smart and strategic. But nobody could deny there was a troll factor here. It's what all former Yankees do to this team.

In the postgame, however, things turned sour. What we thought was lighthearted messing around quickly shifted when Trevino spoke to reporters after the fact.

He got a bit testy with the reporters asking valid questions, and he had a dismissive response to Boone's comment about how Chisholm never should have been thrown out of the game.

Jose Trevino's testy postgame interview has Yankees fans shocked he's turned heel

Weird, man. Just weird. Trevino was with the Yankees for three full seasons. Not once did anybody see him act like this. He was always the fun-loving, jovial teammate ready to give a positive interview. He was always one of the first to celebrate a success. Now he's an "it is what it is" guy?

Admittedly, his tenure in the Bronx wasn't the greatest. He was limited by injuries in 2023 and 2024, and then by 2024 the Yankees had enough and rightfully gave the nod to rookie catcher Austin Wells. Trevino's defense regressed, his arm was terrible, and his 2022 offense was proven to be nothing but a mirage ... until 2025, that is.

He's now hitting .298 with an .827 OPS and 120 OPS+ with the Reds across 51 games. He's registered 1.3 WAR, with positive efforts on both sides of the ball. He already has a career-high in doubles with 17, which is crazy to think about.

And apparently he's got an entirely new attitude about him. Color us shocked, but we can probably guess he's not exactly fond of how things ended in New York.