Jeremiah Wisdom Jenkins

San Francisco Giants Organization | 1B/DH | Age 22

Pease Baseball is proud to highlight the journey of Jeremiah Wisdom Jenkins, a Maryland native whose path from local high-school standout to the San Francisco Giants organization is a story of resilience, belief, and relentless work.

Early Passion & the Dream to Play Professionally

Jeremiah grew up with the game.
“I know it sounds cliché, but since I was a little kid I’ve always had a passion for baseball. It made me feel different.”
That feeling became his compass—guiding him through setbacks, breakthroughs, and ultimately into professional baseball.

We start playing the game of baseball because we enjoy it and have fun playing with our friends. 

Then after a few years, the fun starts to fade and is replaced with the overly-competitive amateur baseball scene which promotes a rat-race mentality to attain a college scholarship and/or announce to the world via social media that we have verbally committed to college as an 8th grader (I’ll reserve my comments on verbal commitments).

Then a few years later, we focus our attention on wanting to get drafted out of high school. 

Then when we get drafted, we want to get to the big leagues. When we get to the big leagues, we want to play every day. Then when we play every day, we want to sign a big contract. Then when we make more money, we want to be in the Hall of Fame. Then when we are in the Hall of Fame….

Where does it end? 

What Do You Want?

It’s one of the most important questions we can ask ourselves. I’ll tell you what you want – you want your way, you want to do what you want to do, and you want what you want, now. 

Every stage of your life requires a better version of yourself. You will answer the question of “what do I want?” differently when you’re 15, compared to when you’re 25, 35, 45, or 55. The younger you are the more what there is. The older you get there is less what – but there is always something that you want. Everybody wants something as they get older, but it becomes less of a thing (i.e. fancy car, bigger house, more money, etc) and more of a value (time with family, enjoying a long walk, having your health, giving back to your community, etc). 

In every season of your life you will answer this question a little differently.