Last year, Freddie Freeman agreed to one of the most lucrative contracts in Major League Baseball – six years for $162 million with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
But on Sunday, he was just another out for Cam Opp ’14.
The two faced off in a World Baseball Classic game, with Cam coaxing a ground ball to second base for arguably the most memorable out of his career.
And what a career it has been for the Greenie.
Cam, 27, was the Carolinas Athletic Association Player of the Year as a senior at Christ School. He hit as well as he pitched with a .439 batting average in two years and 2.19 career ERA. After graduation, Cam made West Point’s team as a walk-on and his work as a left-handed reliever helped lead Army to a pair of Super Regional appearances in 2018 and 2019.
Despite his success in high school and college, Cam went undrafted. He played independent ball for a year and continued training when the pandemic cancelled the 2020 minor league baseball season.
The New York Mets gave Cam a minor-league deal in December 2020. He has a 4-12 career record with a save, 6.16 ERA, and 89 strikeouts in 99.1 innings pitched in the minors, and reached Double-A Binghamton (N.Y.) last year.
Presently, Cam is pitching for Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic as he is a dual citizen. The British team was 1-2 in pool play ahead of Tuesday’s 10 p.m. game versus Mexico.