Mitchell Traver, Former Pro Baseball Pitcher
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Episode 328
Mitchell Traver is a former professional baseball pitcher who was selected in four different MLB drafts. He was selected by the Astros in the 39th round of the 2012 MLB Draft. He was selected by the Cardinals in the 28th round of the 2015 MLB Draft. He was selected by the Reds in the 17th round of the 2016 MLB Draft and in 2017, was selected by the Angels in the 20th round.
He played his college ball at TCU, where he helped the Horned Frogs to the College World Series in 2017. After his collegiate career ended, he signed with the Angels and played two years of minor league baseball before retiring in 2019.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Mitchell about retirement at the age of 25, why he is stepping away from pro baseball, playing through pain, trusting God in the process, and the awesome story of giving his life fully to Christ in 2014.
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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. |
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| 1:43.2 | Today on the podcast, we welcome Mitchell Traver to the show. |
| 1:47.4 | Mitchell is a TCU alum, having pitched for the Hornfrogs, and a former pro baseball pitcher. |
| 1:55.6 | Mitchell played with TCU from 2012 to 2017 and really didn't get on the mound until 2014 with TCU. |
| 2:05.1 | And interestingly enough, he was selected by a Major League Baseball team four times. |
| 2:11.4 | 2012, he was selected in the 39th round by the Houston Astros. |
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