Kyle Gibson - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher on growing in his faith and being a mentor in baseball

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🗓️ 1 March 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Kyle Gibson is a starting pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals. Drafted in the first round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins, he made his big-league debut in 2013 and pitched seven seasons with Minnesota.In 2020, he signed with the Texas Rangers, and in 2021 made the American League All-Star team.

After being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies, he was a member of the 2022 National League champions and pitched in the World Series. Last year with the Baltimore Orioles, he notched a career-high 15 wins and helped the team to 101 victories and the AL East championship. Then in November 2023, he signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals for the 2024 season.

Today on the podcast, Kyle Gibson shares about the growth he’s made as a pitcher and as a man of God, and why he’s embraced becoming a mentor at this stage of his MLB career. He’s also featured on the cover of the Spring 2024 edition of Sports Spectrum Magazine.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum, a really cool conversation with the newest member of the St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson.
0:08.1	Now, Kyle has been around for a very long time in the big leagues.
0:11.6	He broke out in 2013 with Minnesota. He was there for six years and then went to Texas for a couple years where he was an all-star with the Texas Rangers in 2021,
0:22.5	and then moved to the Phillies where he pitched for a couple seasons.
0:25.9	He actually pitched in the World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2022,
0:31.1	and then went to Baltimore, where he did a lot of winning in 2023 and helped Baltimore to over 100 victories in one of the greatest seasons
0:40.5	in Orioles history, not named World Series, in 2023 with Baltimore. So Kyle Gibson now with the
0:47.5	St. Louis Cardinals, he's got 104 career wins in his 10 years in the big leagues. And we had a chance to talk to Kyle right before he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals.
1:01.2	So this conversation with John Ackerman, who's our managing editor at Sports Spectrum,
1:06.3	took place with the intent to put Kyle on the cover of the brand new Sports Spectrum magazine,
1:12.2	which is hitting newsstands in just a few weeks. You're going to be able to get your copy.
1:16.8	If you haven't subscribed to Sports Spectrums magazine, I highly recommend you get it because
1:21.0	the new Spring Edition with Kyle Gibson on the cover is coming very, very soon. So you want to
1:26.9	subscribe over at Sportspectrum.com.
1:30.0	But this conversation was a lot about Kyle's journey and the success that he's had,
1:35.3	being an all-star in 2021 with Texas, going to the World Series in 2022 with Philadelphia
1:42.4	and the Phillies and pitching in a World Series.
1:44.3	And then last year, being one of the veteran guys to help the Orioles have a fantastic season.
1:50.3	It was really fun to watch.
1:51.9	He got his 100th victory last year in a win over the Mets at Camden Yards back in August of 2023.
1:57.8	And now he gets to go home.
1:59.6	He lives in the St. Louis area.
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