Atlanta Braves pitchers Tyler Matzek and Josh Tomlin were teammates with Joc Pederson last season, and they revealed that Tommy Pham's infamous slap of the outfielder was a long time coming during a discussion with the Chris Rose Rotation podcast.
"This was going on all last year," Matzek said. "So we would hear about this in our clubhouse before this ever happened. And the biggest one was when we went to San Diego that end of the year and he literally did not leave the clubhouse. Joc did not leave the clubhouse because he knew Tommy Pham was out there and Tommy Pham wanted to slap him and beat him up.