Joc Pederson

Joc Pederson of the San Francisco Giants opened up about an incident in which he was slapped by Reds outfielder Tommy Pham. The Giants said M.L.B. would ...

“So I kind of left the situation.” “I said ‘you literally have the same thing on your bench.’” He did not say directly that Pham had sent the message. Pederson said Friday’s incident did not have much lead-up. The violence between Pham and Pederson is not unheard-of in sports. And in the eighth inning there was further confusion when Kapler called on reliever Jake McGee, only to be informed that McGee had mistakenly been left off that day’s lineup card, thus making him ineligible to play. More than a year ago, Pederson said there was a disagreement about a transaction he had made in which he moved a player who was listed as out to injured reserve. When fights occur in professional sports it can sometimes take years for the facts to come out. “It just so happened that he had a player, Jeff Wilson, who was out, and he had him on the I.R.,” Pederson said. When asked what happened, Pederson explained that he and Pham participate in a fantasy football league together. Pederson expressed confusion that Pham was upset about the move; he said that Pham had executed a similar transaction with his own roster, going as far as to offer who the player in question was with Pham’s team. “I looked up the rules and sent a screenshot of the rules, how it says when a player is ruled out you’re allowed to put them on the I.R., and that’s all I was doing,” Pederson said.

Tommy Pham is alleged to have slapped Joc Pederson in the face and sat out Friday's game.

Maybe there's a possibility that this is actually over money, as in perhaps Pham won money via the league or side bets and Pederson never paid up? There is the serious front, where it's possible Pham will be disciplined by the league. Apparently, Pham slapped Pederson and the issue stems from a Fantasy Football league. Still, no one should still be playing meaningful Fantasy Football in the last week of the NFL regular season. There was the added week to the schedule this season, so most leagues were able to expand their regular season by a game and that made the playoffs go a little deeper into the calendar than usual. Tommy Pham slapped Joc Pederson "Will Smith-style" during Reds batting practice on Friday, according to multiple sources.

The San Francisco slugger said that the Cincinnati outfielder accused him of bending the rules in their fantasy football league.

Pham was scratched from the lineup just before the game began on Friday night. I don’t think he wants to talk to me, I don’t know. He also explained that he has no interest in retaliating later in the series. Pederson said that Pham accused him of cheating in a fantasy football league that both MLB players were participating in by placing a player on injured reserve and replacing him with a fantasy football free agent. That was basically all of it.” He kind of came up and said, like, I don’t know if you remember from last year and I was like fantasy football.

The two outfielders got into it before the Reds-Giants game, and Pham slapped Pederson over fantasy football.

And then there was a text message in the group [chat] saying that I was cheating because I was stashing players on my bench. “Then I looked up the rules and sent a screenshot of the rules, how it says that when a player is ruled out, you’re allowed to put them on the IR. That’s all I was doing. He had him on the IR. I said, ‘You literally have the same thing on your team, on your bench.’ … So it feels very similar to what I did. The league is going to investigate now, and as silly as the story is, a physical bit of violence like that is likely to result in some heavy punishment for Pham. You may recall that Pham recently also got into an argument with the Padres about a home plate collision ( talking about being willing to fight), and also had the scary incident where he was stabbed. None of that is to say there is a definite relationship here to the current story, but only that Pham has been involved in some wild stuff. I put a player on the injured reserve when they were listed as out and then added another player.

Among the most interesting details from San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson's discussion with reporters about Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham ...

It's possible Pederson meant last NFL season - meaning 2021 - when he said "over a year ago." In 2021, Pham and Pederson played in all six games in which the Padres faced the Cubs before Pederson was traded in July to the Atlanta Braves. Both played in five Braves-Padres games - three in July and two in September. Pham only played in 31 games for the Padres in 2020, and Pederson only played in 43 games that season for Los Angeles. But they both played in all seven Dodgers-Padres games in August of that season, and the two teams also met in the NLDS that year.

Tommy Pham's slap to the face earned him more than a slap on the wrist. The Reds outfielder has been suspended for three games, Major League Baseball ...

“It just so happened that [Pham] had a player, Jeff Wilson, that was out, and he had him on IR. I said, ‘You literally have the same thing on your team, on your bench.’ I guess he was in two leagues and in one of them [Wilson] was on the IR and in one of them, he wasn’t, so maybe that was a confusion. I looked up the rules and sent a screenshot of the rules, how it says when a player is ruled out, you’re allowed to put him on the IR. That’s all I was doing. And then there was a text message in the group saying that I was cheating because I was stashing players on my bench.

After the game Friday, Pederson confirmed Pham slapped him on the face during batting practice over a dispute that happened in their fantasy football league ...

Pederson was accused by Pham of cheating despite following the league rules. "I'm a big dog in Vegas," he said. “There was no real argument," Pederson said Friday of the moments leading up to the slap.

Pederson said Pham walked up to him on the field Friday while the Giants were warming up, adding the slap was a surprise and “there was no real argument.”

Pham also had a different player on injured reserve, and Pederson said he told Pham, “You literally have the same thing on your team, on your bench.” Pederson said he found out Pham was playing in two fantasy leagues, and in one of them the player was on injured reserve and in one of them, he wasn’t, so there may have been some confusion. Someone in the fantasy football group accused Pederson of cheating, but Pederson said he looked up the rules that said when a player is listed as out, you can put them on the injured reserve list, and sent a screenshot to the group. Pederson told reporters he had placed a player on injured reserve when they were out, and replaced him with a free agent player last year.

Adding to the bizarre nature of the situation, Pederson said Pham was upset over a past dispute in a fantasy football league from over a year ago, based on what ...

Reds outfielder Tommy Pham told reporters (including The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Charlie Goldsmith) that he has been issued a three-game suspension for an altercation with the Giants’ Joc Pederson prior to last night’s game. The incident took place during Friday’s batting practice, with Pederson telling reporters (including John Shea of The San Francisco Chronicle) that Pham approached Pederson in the outfield and eventually slapped him across the face during the confrontation. The Reds initially had Pham in their starting lineup on Friday, though while the game was delayed for over two hours due to weather, Pham was scratched from the lineup.

On Friday night, Reds outfielder Tommy Pham slapped Giants outfielder Joc Pederson over a fantasy football argument, and that is going to cost him.

On Friday night, Reds outfielder Tommy Pham slapped Giants outfielder Joc Pederson over a fantasy football argument, and that is going to cost him. I had to address it,” Pham said. However, Pham added that there is more to this story.

MLB is investigating what happened between the Reds outfielder and the Giants outfielder prior to Friday night's game in Cincinnati.

"I sense that we will have a clearer understanding after the game." "It was a surprise," Pederson said. He said he and Pham were in a fantasy league with other MLB players, and Pederson was accused of cheating by stashing a player who was listed as out on the league's injured reserve.

The GIF consisted of three weight lifters with Los Angeles Dodgers, Giants and Padres logos superimposed over their faces. The weight lifter with the Padres ...

"It was supposed to be light-hearted," Pederson said of the joke. "It was supposed to be a friendly thing, just making fun of they were playing bad and just talking back and forth," Pederson said. Looking to move past this and show up tomorrow with no distractions and help this team win a ball game." Following the Giants’ 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday, Pederson confirmed he sent a GIF to the group chat poking fun at the Padres. The GIF consisted of three weight lifters with Los Angeles Dodgers, Giants and Padres logos superimposed over their faces. "[Pham] didn't not like that and responded, ‘Joc, I don’t know you well enough to make any jokes like this.’ So, then I wrote back, ‘Was meant to be all fun and games. That means 228 days passed before Pham slapped Pederson across the face at Great American Ball Park.

Reds outfielder Tommy Pham has been suspended three games for slapping the Giants' Joc Pederson in the face over a fantasy football dispute.

On Friday, Pederson said he was accused of cheating for placing a player on injured reserve and replacing him with a free agent in a fantasy football league. "It was a surprise," Pederson told reporters on Friday. "There was no real argument. We had too much money on the line, so I look at it like there's a code. "... It was regarding my former team [Padres]. I didn't like that and I didn't like the sketchy s--- going on in the fantasy. The suspension was retroactive to Friday and runs through Sunday, when the Reds' series with the Giants concludes in Cincinnati. The pair had to be separated.

Tommy Pham was suspended three games for slapping Giants outfielder Joc Pederson during batting practice. It stemmed from a fantasy football league.

“If he had a problem, he should have addressed it right then and there. “It wasn’t racist,” Pham said. So, I looked at it like he was (messing) with my money along with the disrespect.” I don’t have to get into the details of how much, but I look at it like if you lost, you had to pay double. “I slapped Joc,” Pham said. Pederson said he pointed out Pham did the same thing with one of his players, running back Jeff Wilson.

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham was suspended by Major League Baseball for three games on Saturday after San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson ...

Pederson said after Friday night's game that he was accused of cheating for placing a player on injured reserve and replacing him with a free agent in a fantasy football league. That was basically all of it." Pham, 34, also was fined.

Fantasy leagues are all over the map when it comes to injured reserve rules, so it's important to get ahead of any disagreements.

So, to get around it with guys like Wilson and Michael Thomas last season, leagues where I am commissioner adjusted our rules to allow any player who was injured to be on IR – with the express stipulation that it could only be used for PUP list players in addition to IR. If your league allows for this kind of loophole, go ahead and close it – either by changing your settings or by stipulating before the season that the IR should only be used for players on the real life IR or PUP list. OK, Wilson wasn't technically on IR for the 49ers last season, sure, but he was on the Physically Unable to Perform list after suffering a knee injury during the offseason. Wilson, who led the 49ers in rushing in 2020, didn't play until Week 10 last season while on the PUP list, but he started four games for them down the stretch and was clearly worth stashing if you could afford it. Apparently, there was some disagreement about the way IR spots were used, and it comes down to a limitation in how IR spots work in many leagues. Joc Pederson was waiting for us after the game, with receipts from his group text exchange with Tommy Pham. He sent a GIF of three weightlifters with Giants, Dodgers and Padres logos superimposed on them.

Giants outfielder Joc Pederson offered his side of the story Saturday after his fantasy football dispute with Reds outfielder Tommy Pham came to light ...

Pederson was asked about the suspension following the Giants’s loss to the Reds on Saturday, and told reporters he had not spoken with Pham since he left the fantasy league in Week 4 or 5. Pederson also revealed the details of the GIF, which included three weightlifters with Giants, Dodgers and Padres logos superimposed over them. On Saturday morning, Pham told the media he received a three-game suspension for his actions, which he claimed happened because Pederson was “messing with my money.”

Reds outfielder Tommy Pham was served a three-game suspension by MLB, starting with Friday night's game, for the incident with SF Giants' Joc Pederson.

It was a tough day,” Pederson said on Friday. “We’re scuffling a little bit, so that just makes things worse, and this is just an added distraction. Pham declined to expand on the comments Pederson made in the text chain, saying “It wasn’t racist. … I told him in the text thread right away, ‘I’m not cool enough with you to be talking like this.'” If I had something to do with that, being a distraction, that makes me feel really bad because I’m here to help this team win, not be a distraction.” Pederson earned $2.5 million last season and signed a $6 million contract this year with the Giants. It’s not unusual for professional athletes to gamble substantial sums of money on activities such as fantasy sports, but rarely does it escalate like it did Friday. If you’re (messing) with my money, you’re going to say some disrespectful (stuff), there’s a code to this. Pederson wrote back, “It was meant to be all fun and games. Pederson and Pham exchanged those texts last September. A few weeks later, Pham dropped out the league. “It is true,” Pederson told reporters. While addressing his confrontation over a fantasy football dispute with Giants outfielder Joc Pederson for the first time, Pham broke the news of his three-game suspension, explained why he resorted to physical violence and expressed little remorse. “I called him out on it.” “I slapped Joc. He said some (stuff) I don’t condone.

Reds outfielder Tommy Pham was served a three-game suspension by MLB, starting with Friday night's game, for the incident with SF Giants' Joc Pederson.

It was a tough day,” Pederson said on Friday. “We’re scuffling a little bit, so that just makes things worse, and this is just an added distraction. Pham declined to expand on the comments Pederson made in the text chain, saying “It wasn’t racist. … I told him in the text thread right away, ‘I’m not cool enough with you to be talking like this.'” If I had something to do with that, being a distraction, that makes me feel really bad because I’m here to help this team win, not be a distraction.” Pederson earned $2.5 million last season and signed a $6 million contract this year with the Giants. It’s not unusual for professional athletes to gamble substantial sums of money on activities such as fantasy sports, but rarely does it escalate like it did Friday. If you’re (messing) with my money, you’re going to say some disrespectful (stuff), there’s a code to this. Pederson wrote back, “It was meant to be all fun and games. Pederson and Pham exchanged those texts last September. A few weeks later, Pham dropped out the league. “It is true,” Pederson told reporters. While addressing his confrontation over a fantasy football dispute with Giants outfielder Joc Pederson for the first time, Pham broke the news of his three-game suspension, explained why he resorted to physical violence and expressed little remorse. “I called him out on it.” “I slapped Joc. He said some (stuff) I don’t condone.

Joc Pederson showed up with receipts Saturday night. Yes, he had another update on the one-sided fantasy football feud with Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy ...

"It was supposed to be light-hearted," Pederson said of the joke. "It was supposed to be a friendly thing, just making fun of they were playing bad and just talking back and forth," Pederson said. Looking to move past this and show up tomorrow with no distractions and help this team win a ball game." Following the Giants’ 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday, Pederson confirmed he sent a GIF to the group chat poking fun at the Padres. The GIF consisted of three weight lifters with Los Angeles Dodgers, Giants and Padres logos superimposed over their faces. "[Pham] didn't not like that and responded, ‘Joc, I don’t know you well enough to make any jokes like this.’ So, then I wrote back, ‘Was meant to be all fun and games. That means 228 days passed before Pham slapped Pederson across the face at Great American Ball Park.

Video shows Tommy Pham approaching Joc Pederson before the Giants-Reds game on Friday, and swinging on him with an open hand after a fantasy football feud.

Pham was with the Padres at the time. It included him sending a GIF of three weightlifters with Giants, Dodgers, and Padres logos superimposed on them. Pham was suspended three games on Saturday for the altercation.

The squabble between Joc Pederson and Tommy Pham over a fantasy football league leads to life lessons for all.

And as is probably the case in a fantasy league with MLB players, I’ve also had to deal with some pretty healthy egos. Coincidentally, just this past week we had a situation in LABR in which I had a request to put a player on the injured list because his vaccination status prevented him from crossing the Canadian border. The sad part about the whole story is … it didn’t have to be that way. And another who tends to take those comments – however good-natured they may have been – a little too seriously. So while he may have felt comfortable joking about the Padres’ second-half collapse, Pham wasn’t amused. That’s apparently what Pham did a couple weeks after the dispute. It isn’t easy running a fantasy league. That seemed to be the end of it. And when he does, there’s usually someone else who likes to complain about it. Pham felt it was cheating because the player was inactive, but wasn’t officially on injured reserve. There’s the person who doesn’t mind bending the rules to his advantage. No additional punches were thrown and both players left the field.

A video has been released showing the moment that San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson was slapped by Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham on ...

I don’t think violence is the answer, I guess you could say … It was an unfortunate situation over a fantasy football rule. Pederson said he was making fun of the team because they weren't playing well. "It was meant to be all fun and games. Pham was suspended three games for the incident. He also pointed out that Pham had a similar situation on his team. I put somebody — a player — on the injured reserve when they were listed as out and added another player.