Joc Pederson is in the worst slump possible.
The once-proud MLB slugger is now playing for the Texas Rangers, and he's entirely unable to find himself even a solitary hit.
You truly couldn't guess how long Pederson's hitless drought it. There's no way it could be this lengthy.
Just how many at bats has Pederson gone without a hit? Forty.
Yep, he's 0 for his last 40.
That's unfathomable.
This is a guy with 890 major league hits. He hit .273 last year.
This year, it's down to .052 and dropping.
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Pederson could go 20 for his next 40 and would still be batting below his career average with a .234 just below his .238.
It's like the hitting version of the yips. Pederson simply has no answer whatsoever.
It's to the point where it's sad just to think about. This wasn't supposed to work out like this when the Rangers brought Pederson to town.
But for some combination of misfortune, bad luck and simply poor play, Pederson is having the worst season of anyone in MLB. And no matter what he does, it doesn't seem to get better.
Those numbers, 0-for-40. Just terribly, awfully, horrendously brutal.
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