Patrick Bailey - SF Giants Gold Glove catcher on faith, fame, family and identityand
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Patrick Bailey is the starting catcher for the San Francisco Giants. He was a first round selection by the Giants in 2020 and made his MLB debut in May of 2023. In 2024 and 2025, he won back to back Gold Glove awards and in 2025, Bailey became the first player in MLB history to hit a walk-off inside the park home run and a walk-off Grand Slam in the same season.
Chapters:
(01:23) - Winning back to back Gold Glove award
(02:29) - Hitting a walk-off inside the park HR in 2025
(03:58) - Being a switch hitting catcher
(06:20) - Hitting advantage as a catcher
(07:02) - Coming to faith in Christ in high school
(09:03) - Evidence of Jesus in Patrick's life
(10:49) - What "Jesus Won" means to Patrick
(13:05) - His MLB debut
(17:23) - Keeping baseball in its proper place
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, I don't play for the fame, I play for the king |
| 0:04.0 | Yeah, every step on the field let the heavens ring |
| 0:07.0 | Uh, got Jesus in my heart so I run with a purpose |
| 0:10.0 | Yeah, this is sports spectrum |
| 0:13.0 | Faith on the surface, uh, I don't play for the crowd, I play for the king |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah, every rap, every drill I give every day |
| 0:20.0 | Uh, from the locker room prayers to the lights that gleam. |
| 0:23.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.6 | We raise his name, uh, welcome to the team, huh, uh, uh, uh, here's your host. |
| 0:31.6 | Former NFL Provo running back in Chicago Bears legend. |
| 0:35.6 | Matt Forte. |
| 0:36.6 | Uh, uh, uh, what? running back in Chicago Bears legend Matt Forte uh what's up y'all it's Matt Forte here with |
| 0:44.3 | Sports Spectrum and today I got a good guest on here with me I got Patrick Bailey Golden Gloves |
| 0:49.5 | of the San Francisco Giants and he's a catcher and he's here at the PAO MLB conference with me as well. |
| 0:57.8 | We've got a lot of MLB guys here in the offseason. |
| 1:00.7 | But man, I'm just welcome you to the podcast as well. |
| 1:03.7 | And just we'll start with winning another golden glove. |
| 1:07.7 | Man, that's two in a row in your first three seasons playing in the big leagues |
| 1:11.9 | what's that like like how's how's that kind of i guess when you come to the grind of you know |
| 1:19.5 | MLB and baseball and stuff and being able to make it to where you are now and to see the fruit of the |
| 1:25.1 | labor like how is that feeling? |
| 1:30.4 | Yeah, I mean, I think you kind of alluded to it. |
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