Everything about this signing is confusing to me.
Don’t get me wrong, Joc Pederson is a solid player. He will help the Cubs a lot in the outfielder. The 28 year old has a .230/.336/.470 career slash line with fairly pronounced handedness splits. Honestly, he’s Kyle Schwarber with a better glove.
Which is what makes this whole signing mind boggling. The Cubs already had a player who looks so similar to Pederson that I had to do a double take while creating this table:
They have similar splits problems with Schwarber batting .239 career vs.