Luke Weaver - Yankees pitcher on his crazy 2023, connecting with God, finding peace in baseball
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Today on the podcast, we talk to New York Yankees pitcher Luke Weaver about the challenges of the baseball lifestyle, including late-night travel and the importance of sleep and self-care. Luke shares how he stays connected to Jesus during the long season and the daily discipline required to prioritize his faith. He also reflects on the ups and downs of his career, including being released by multiple teams, his crazy 2023 season and finding stability in his current role with the Yankees.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum, we're talking to Luke Weaver, New York Yankees pitcher in the midst of a very long Major League Baseball season. |
| 0:08.6 | Luke was kind enough to give us about 30 minutes or so to talk through what this year has been like for him in a new role as a reliever with the New York Yankees. |
| 0:17.7 | And the lessons learned from a season last year that brought all sorts |
| 0:22.7 | of up and downs between signing with the Reds, getting hurt, then released, signing with the |
| 0:27.9 | Mariners in late August, then released by them. And then the Yankees picking up this option to have |
| 0:35.0 | Luke Weaver on the team. And now the Yankees resigned him, and he's in a |
| 0:39.0 | pretty prominent role with the Yankees in their bullpen right now and having a really good year, |
| 0:43.8 | a very effective bullpen arm for the Yankees thus far. And Luke was very candid about some of |
| 0:50.7 | those lessons that he learned from the Lord last year going through what he went through. |
| 0:56.5 | And even to the point where he thought, is he going to be doing this any longer? |
| 1:00.1 | Is he still want to be a pitcher in Major League Baseball? |
| 1:03.2 | As God still want him pursuing this? |
| 1:05.5 | And watching him this season, it's clear the Lord is not done with Mr. Luke Weaver just yet. |
| 1:11.1 | So we talk a lot about that and just the idea of playing with the Yankees, right? |
| 1:14.7 | And that opportunity to play on the biggest stage in Major League Baseball for the most storied |
| 1:19.7 | franchise, maybe in all of sports in the New York Yankees. |
| 1:23.4 | So good stuff here from Luke Weaver. |
| 1:25.6 | I think you're going to love this conversation with Luke. It's coming up in just a moment. First, I want to remind you about all the things going on with Sports Spectrum. We have a new magazine that is out right now, right? Our fall edition of the Sports Spectrum magazine, you can subscribe right now over at sportspectrum.com. It's super affordable. It's faith-filled, family-friendly content, |
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