Rangers pitcher Taylor Hearn on trusting in God and playing for his hometown team

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Taylor Hearn is a pitcher with the Texas Rangers. He was selected in the fifth round of the 2015 MLB Amateur Draft by the Washington Nationals. He made his MLB debut April 25, 2019 with the Texas Rangers and was the starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers home opener in 2022.

After a successful high school career in Royce City, TX, Taylor attended San Jacinto College and Oklahoma Baptist U where he was drafted four times before signing with the Nationals in 2015. He was then traded to the Pirates in 2016 and then gain to Texas in 2018. In 2021, he appeared in 42 games with the Rangers and had 11 starts to go along with 6 wins.

Today on the podcast we talk to Taylor Hearn about his baseball career, pitching for his hometown team, living for Jesus and the gratitude he has for being a professional baseball player.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, this episode of Sports Spectrums podcast is presented by our friends at Compassion International.
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1:20.1	Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast, the intersection of sports and fate.
1:29.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
1:32.3	And hi, everybody. Welcome to the show. I am Jason Romano. This is the Sports Spectrum podcast.
1:38.8	So glad that you're tuning in and checking out today's show. You're not going to be disappointed when you hear Taylor Hearn from the Texas Rangers give his story, give his testimony on the show today. Before we get
1:51.0	to Taylor, a couple things. First, you can reach us via my email address, Jason at Sportspectrum.com.
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