As the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers seek another World Series championship, relief pitcher Blake Treinen has another pursuit in mind. “How do we make heaven crowded? That’s really my goal,” Treinen told CBN Sports.
“Every single one of us [has] been given a gift, and our way of repaying it to the Lord is, how do we honor him with that gift?” Treinen continued. “When I am welcomed into the gates of heaven, I want to hear, ‘Job well done, good and faithful servant.’”
The relief pitcher, a 37-year-old Kansas native, has been with the Dodgers since 2020. During the past few years, he has struggled with injuries. Shoulder surgery sidelined Treinen for the entire 2023 season.
But the athlete said he doesn’t care if the world knows or remembers his name. Instead, Treinen wants people to “see Christ’s greatness and what he’s accomplished in my career.” Referencing hell, he added, “I don’t want to see any of my teammates or anybody in the stands or anybody in this world face the alternative.”
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MLB Pitcher Blake Treinen: Jesus Is ‘My Everything’
Last fall, Blake Treinen described how he honors Jesus while playing baseball. “He’s my everything,” the Dodgers pitcher told CBN Sports. “I wouldn’t be here without my relationship with Jesus. So when I’m on the mound, that’s my form of worship. I draw a cross and point up so that people know who I play for.”
Many people have encouraged and supported Treinen through various struggles, he said, and “none more faithful than God.” Referencing the lengthy rehabilitation process with his shoulder, the athlete added, “I’ve seen a couple of mini miracles with my health over the last few years and throughout my career, and so it’s by [God’s] grace that I’m still here.”
Treinen said he’s always willing to have faith-related conversations with people and to pray with and for them. That approach works better than “thumping” people with the Bible, he explained.
“How do we make heaven crowded? That’s really my goal,” said Blake Treinen, relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.Click to PostDays after Charlie Kirk was assassinated last month, Treinen pitched while wearing a cap with Kirk’s name written on the side. Two crosses flanked the name of the conservative commentator and outspoken Christian, who was shot and killed Sept. 10.
