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With tough workouts (and Zaxby's), James McCann added weight this winter

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Near the end of an arduous winter spent with his twins at a Nashville hospital, Detroit Tigers catcher James McCann stepped onto a scale for the first time.

"I thought it was broken," he said.

McCann had gained 25 pounds in the span of a few months.

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But he said the difference came from tough workouts, not hospital junk food.