Anthony Rendon, Los Angeles Angels Third Baseman

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🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Episode 461

Anthony Rendon is the new third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels. He signed a seven year deal with the Angels in December 2019 and will begin the 2020 season in the middle of a lineup that includes Mike Trout and Albert Pujols.

Rendon was selected in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft by the Washington Nationals (6th overall) and two years later would make his MLB debut on April 21, 2013. For the next 6 years, Anthony would be a key player in leading the Nationals to three NL East division titles (2014, 2016, and 2017) and a World Series championship in 2019.

In that 2019 season, Rendon had a career year, hitting .319 with 34 home runs and an MLB-leading 126 runs batted in. He finished third in the NL MVP voting and hit .276 with 2 home runs and 8 RBI in the 2019 World Series victory over Houston.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Rendon about winning a World Series, the decision to sign with the Angels, how his faith gives him peace and keeps him grounded and why an injury that he suffered at age 19 was what led him to turn his life over to the Lord.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:19.8	Hey, everyone.
0:20.7	Welcome to Sports Spectrum. I am Jason Romano, and we got a great guest for you today.
0:25.9	Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon joins us on the podcast today. Before we get to our
0:32.7	conversation with the newly signed third baseman of the Angels, I want to tell you about our partnership and our sponsorship with International Justice
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1:30.6	Really excited today on the podcast to welcome Anthony Rendon, Los Angeles Angels' third basement.
1:37.1	And it sounds even weird to say that because for many years, Anthony played with the Washington Nationals. In fact, he was selected by the
1:46.0	Nationals in the sixth overall selection 2011 MLB draft. A couple years later, he makes his
1:53.3	Major League Baseball debut with the Nationals, April 21st, 2019. He played seven seasons with
2:00.6	Washington, and just this past season in 2019,
2:04.4	he stepped it up, big time. In 2019, MLB All-Star, 2019, all-MLB first team,
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