If you had Joc Pederson in the “Who will the Cubs trade first this deadline season?” pool, you win!
The Cubs have not officially announced this deal, but the Braves, who acquired him, have:
All of Pederson’s numbers are in that tweet; he had a disappointing year on the North Side after being signed to, essentially, replace Kyle Schwarber in left field for the Cubs.
Bryce Ball just turned 23 was the Braves’ 24th-round choice in the 2019 Draft out of Dallas Baptist University — the same school that the Cubs selected reliever Burl Carraway from last year, and the same school attended by Ben Zobrist.