Have You Met My Brother, Darryl?
Thursday, February 19, 2026
“Against the justified man no sin remains; the great transaction of the cross has eternally removed his transgressions from him.” – C.H. Spurgeon
Darryl Strawberry has had quite an up and down life. Selected with the #1 overall pick in the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets, Darryl was named National League Rookie of the Year in 1983. Over the next seven seasons, he smashed 252 homers for the Mets and helped them win the 1986 World Series.
Strawberry also had one productive season with the Dodgers and was part of two championship teams with the Yankees, but injuries and repeated suspensions for violating baseball’s anti-drug rules negatively impacted what looked sure to be a Hall of Fame career. And then there were his legal woes…
1994 - Indicted on one count of income tax conspiracy and two counts of tax evasion. Pled guilty to one count of tax evasion the following year and was sentenced to six months of home confinement and two years of probation.
1995 – Charged with failure to pay child support.
1998 – Sued for failure to pay $100,000 in legal fees.
1999 – Arrested for soliciting sex from a policewoman posing as a prostitute and for possessing a small amount of cocaine. Pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 21 months’ probation and community service.
2002 – Jailed for violating several non-drug rules at the drug treatment center where he was on probation and ordered to serve the 22-month suspended prison sentence from 1999 (released after 11 months).
2005 – Charged with filing a false police report.
On top of all that, Darryl has experienced two failed marriages… battled depression, drug and sex addictions… and survived both colon cancer and a 2024 heart attack.
But guess what? Today, Darryl Strawberry is a born-again Christian, an ordained minister, and an itinerant evangelist who shares his faith wherever he goes. He has also been forgiven by two very important people: President Donald Trump, who issued him a full pardon for his tax evasion conviction in 2025; and the Lord Jesus Christ, who nailed Darryl’s sins to Calvary’s cross and then covered them with His own shed blood, to be remembered – and held against him – no more.
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” Psalm 103:12 (BSB)
- Rev. Dale M. Glading, President
