New York Yankees reliever Clay Holmes on patience, pitching and identity
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Clay Holmes is a relief pitcher with the New York Yankees. In 2022, he settled in as the Yankees closer finishing with 20 saves, an ERA of 2.54 and a spot on the American League All-Star team. In the 2022 postseason, he helped the Yankees to the American League Championship series and allowed zero runs in 5 postseason appearances.
Holmes was originally selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 9th round of the 2011 MLB Amateur Draft and made his MLB debut in April of 2018 with Pittsburgh. He would remain there until a mid-season trade in 2021 to New York.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Clay Holmes about growing up the son of a pastor, the impact his father had on him to serve others, being patient in his baseball career and finding his identity in Jesus.
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| 1:12.0 | Pray about getting involved in sponsoring a child today. |
| 1:23.5 | Welcome into the Sports Spectrum podcast, |
| 1:26.6 | where we bring Jesus into the sports conversation. |
| 1:30.1 | Here's your host for today, Jason Romano. |
| 1:33.8 | Hey guys, welcome to the show. |
| 1:35.6 | I am Jason, and it's so wonderful to have you joining us here today on the intersection of sports and faith, sports spectrums podcast. |
| 1:43.1 | And today is another one of those conversations that I'm so excited to bring to you. |
| 1:48.4 | And it's with someone who was a 2022 American League All-Star selection. |
| 1:54.1 | He became the Yankees closer. |
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