Xavier Scruggs, Baseball in Korea

Episode 256

Xavier Scruggs played professional baseball in 2017 and 2018 in Korea. He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 19th round of the 2008 MLB Draft.

He made his MLB debut with St. Louis on September 4, 2014 and played 2 seasons with the Cardinals before moving to the Marlins in 2016.

In December 2016, he made the decision to sign with the NC Dinos in in Korea where he hit .300 with 35 home runs in 2017. 

On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Xavier about baseball in Korea, the decision to go play overseas after 3 seasons of Major League Baseball, what God taught him in Korea and how he stayed grounded in his faith playing baseball with the Dinos. 

For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com