Jake Reed, Twins Pitcher -- Janie Reed, USA Softball Player - Episode 91
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2018
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Jake Reed is a pitcher with the Minnesota Twins. He was selected in the 5th round of the 2014 MLB Draft by Minnesota. In 2017, Jake reached AAA with the Rochester Red Wings where he pitched in 24 games and had an ERA of 2.05 with 5 saves.
In 2018, Jake is making a case to stick with the Twins and make his MLB debut.
Janie Reed (the former Janie Takeda) is a member of Team USA's softball team and represented her country in the 2017 World Cup of Softball where the U.S. finished second to Japan.
Janie and Jake married in November of 2017.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk with the newly married Reeds about their faith journeys, how they both train as elite athletes, and what they've been learning from God in the short period of time as husband and wife.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports collide. |
| 0:09.2 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:11.6 | Welcome everyone to the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:14.4 | I'm your host, Jason Romano. |
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| 0:46.5 | Today's guests are Jake and Janie Reed, husband and wife. |
| 0:50.8 | And we got a chance to sit down with Jake and Janie back in December, late November of |
| 0:55.7 | 2017. And we're airing this now because it's spring training time. And Jake, Reed, is a pitcher |
| 1:03.8 | with the Minnesota Twins. Now, Jake was drafted in the fifth round of the 2014 MLB amateur |
| 1:10.6 | draft by the Minnesota Twins. |
| 1:12.7 | And he's been making his trek through the minor leagues as a prospect usually does, |
| 1:17.6 | pitching in single A, double A, rookie ball. |
| 1:20.3 | And then as recently as last year, pitching in AAA with Rochester in the International League. |
| 1:26.9 | And he had a 205 ERA in 22 games and have five saves |
| 1:31.6 | and looked very good on the mound. |
| 1:33.9 | And that's transferred over in 2018 in spring training where he's trying to earn a spot |
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