JOC PEDERSON RUMORS & GOSSIP

While the Los Angeles Dodgers appear destined to win a fourth straight National League West division title, there's...

First pitch on Friday night between the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers was delayed by 35 minutes due...

It is no secret that the Los Angeles Dodgers have struggled against left-handed pitching this season. The team owns...

It feels like ages ago, but back when he was a high-level prospect, George Springer was absolutely fascinating. In Springer, the Astros had a phenomenal athlete with almost unparalleled bat speed. But Springer’s game also came with a lot of swinging and missing, whiffs to such a degree that there were real questions about how he’d be able to handle the bigs. You know how this...

There’s nothing wrong with a little extra effort, but giving up one’s tool of the trade in an effort to stop a home run in the first inning of a game? Well, that’s exactly what Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson did on Wednesday. One can’t blame Pederson for the effort, especially since his team was down 3-0 in the first inning already and clearly needed some...

The last thing the Los Angeles Dodgers need right now is more health concerns. Not too long after it was announced that Clayton Kershaw will have his ailing back further examined, young center fielder Joc Pederson gave his team’s fans a scare in the bottom of the eighth on Tuesday against the Brewers. "@FlyByKnite: This is how Joc Pederson got hurt. pic.twitter.com/BTKjtb0p24...

At the very end of the most recent episode of FanGraphs Audio, host Carson Cistulli and guest Dave Cameron were bantering about players whose primary offensive skill was once thought to be limited to controlling the strike zone and making contact, but who have since added plus power while maintaining most of that strike zone control — guys in the mold of Jose Altuve, Matt Carpenter...

It’s a dangerous job sitting behind home plate, and home plate umpire David Rackley found that out in Sunday’s Dodgers-Padres game. With Joc Pederson at the plate, in the fifth inning, all was quiet on the home plate front. Then, Pederson decided to sneak in a bunt attempt at the last second, and the ball careened off his bat and drilled Rackley right in the nuts. Rackley stayed...

Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson has such brute strength that even his bunt attempts have the power to inflict maximum pain. Home plate umpire David Rackley learned that lesson the hard way on Sunday. Rackley was working behind the dish in the fifth inning of the series finale between the Dodgers and the Padres when he caught a rogue foul bunt attempt by Pederson right in the oysters...

For the first three months of last season, Joc Pederson looked like a future star. At the All-Star break, Pederson was hitting .230/.364/.487 and his 137 wRC+ placed him 12th among National League batters. In the last 20 years, the only players younger than Pederson to hit 20 home runs faster than Pederson (95 games) are Albert Pujols, Adam Dunn, Giancarlo Stanton, Carlos Correa...