Former Los Angeles outfielder Joc Pederson was launched as a member of the Texas Rangers on Monday after the 2 sides finalized a two-year, $37-million contract and accomplished his bodily.
The designated hitter made his intentions clear after becoming a member of the American League West and instantly changing into a rival of the Houston Astros.
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Houston’s actions through the 2017 World Sequence in opposition to the nonetheless don’t sit properly with Pederson, and he didn’t hesitate to name them out on the first alternative.
“They put collectively a pleasant little run, and it’s coming to an finish,” Pederson mentioned. “And it’s time for us to take over the [AL] West. There’s a number of issues which can be getting in the appropriate path for the Rangers to be on high of this division.”
Pederson spent the primary seven seasons of his profession with the and has bounced round fairly a bit since successful the 2020 World Sequence. The Rangers mark the fifth crew for the left-hander since leaving the after the COVID-shortened season.
Fortuitously for Pederson and his new crew, he’s fairly conversant in his new dwelling ballpark. The performed the Nationwide League Division Sequence, NL Championship Sequence and World Sequence at Globe Life Area, the place Pederson hit .394 (13-for-33) with three homers and eight runs batted in throughout these 15 video games.
Pederson, who will flip 33 in April, posted a .275 batting common with 23 dwelling runs and 64 RBIs throughout 132 video games throughout his lone season with Arizona this 12 months. Over his profession, he holds a .241 common with 209 dwelling runs and 549 RBIs in 1,272 video games. His greatest season got here in 2019 with the , when he hit 36 dwelling runs and drove in 74 runs.
After departing Los Angeles by way of free company, Pederson joined the Chicago Cubs, who later traded him to Atlanta through the 2021 season. A two-time All-Star, he performed for the San Francisco Giants in 2022 and 2023 earlier than signing with Arizona final January.
Pederson was chosen by the within the eleventh spherical of the 2010 draft out of Palo Alto Excessive Faculty in California and he made his debut on Sept. 1, 2014.
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