For the sixth consecutive season, the Los Angeles Dodgers will have a participant in the Home Run Derby as it was announced that Joc Pederson would be part of the eight-man field at the annual event during All-Star week.
It will be Pederson’s second time competing in the event after he finished as the runner up to Todd Frazier in Cincinnati in 2015, his rookie season.
Part of the reason for Pederson’s success that year was because of his chemistry with the pitcher throwing to him, who was a Minor League coach in the Dodgers organization at the time, Johnny Washington.