James McCann - New York Mets Catcher
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
James McCann is a catcher for the New York Mets. He signed a 4-year deal to come to New York in December, 2020 after spending the previous two seasons with the Chicago White Sox, including a berth in the All-Star game in 2019.
Originally selected in the 2011 MLB Amateur Draft by the Tigers, McCann made his MLB debut on September 1, 2014 and played five seasons with Detroit before signing with Chicago in 2018.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to James McCann about signing with the Mets, the importance of prayer in making the decision to come to New York, his 2019 All-Star appearance, what he learned during the 2020 pandemic, and how God gave peace to James during the premature birth of his twin boys back in December 2017.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
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| 0:58.6 | I'm really excited about our guest today, James McCann. |
| 1:01.7 | He is the newly minted New York Mets catcher. |
| 1:04.9 | Just signed a four-year deal back in December of 2020 to play with the New York Mets and be their catcher. |
| 1:11.9 | And he's actually been in the league since 2014. |
| 1:15.1 | And in 2019, the last full season he played, he was an all-star. |
| 1:19.7 | He hit 18 homers and hit 273 with the White Sox. |
| 1:22.9 | And then this past year, the shortened COVID-19 season, he hit 289 with seven homers, which equates to about 20 plus home runs from the catcher position by James McCann. |
| 1:35.2 | He is an Arkansas grad in college. |
| 1:37.8 | He was selected in the second round of the 2011 MLB draft by the Detroit Tigers. |
| 1:43.2 | And actually says in this interview that he hasn't played a |
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