Tommy Pham

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham was suspended by Major League Baseball for three games on Saturday after San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson ...

Pederson said after Friday night's game that he was accused of cheating for placing a player on injured reserve and replacing him with a free agent in a fantasy football league. That was basically all of it." Pham, 34, also was fined.

Adding to the bizarre nature of the situation, Pederson said Pham was upset over a past dispute in a fantasy football league from over a year ago, based on what ...

Reds outfielder Tommy Pham told reporters (including The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Charlie Goldsmith) that he has been issued a three-game suspension for an altercation with the Giants’ Joc Pederson prior to last night’s game. The incident took place during Friday’s batting practice, with Pederson telling reporters (including John Shea of The San Francisco Chronicle) that Pham approached Pederson in the outfield and eventually slapped him across the face during the confrontation. The Reds initially had Pham in their starting lineup on Friday, though while the game was delayed for over two hours due to weather, Pham was scratched from the lineup.

In addition to a disagreement over a fantasy football league, Reds outfielder Tommy Pham said Giants outfielder Joc Pederson said some "disrespectful shit" ...

Pederson said he looked up the rules the league used and he was in the right. Pederson also said the two had never spoken in person before Friday. Pham and Pederson played in the same fantasy football league in 2021, Pham said. "He kind of came up and said like 'you remember from last year?'" Pederson said of Friday's incident. Near the end of a two-hour-plus rain delay, the Reds announced Pham agreed not to play Friday pending MLB's investigation. I didn't like that and I didn't like the sketchy shit going on in the fantasy," Pham said on Saturday. "We had too much money on the line, so I look at it like there's a code.

After the game Friday, Pederson confirmed Pham slapped him on the face during batting practice over a dispute that happened in their fantasy football league ...

Pederson was accused by Pham of cheating despite following the league rules. "I'm a big dog in Vegas," he said. “There was no real argument," Pederson said Friday of the moments leading up to the slap.

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham has received a three-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his inappropriate conduct prior to Friday's game ...

"All of that work that happened until 2 o’clock in the afternoon up until game time and then go out there and put it out of his mind and compete and compete well. He was able to manage everything that happened on the field with Tommy and then come into the clubhouse and have to deal with a lot of conversations after that and then get ready to compete in the batter’s box. But a lot of the work that happens in baseball happens at 11 o'clock and 12 o’clock and 2 o’clock and 3 o’clock. By the time the game starts, a lot of work has been done and investments have been made. Like I said, we lost and it feels like what happened was unfortunate, but it was still a big distraction to other guys around here. Joc was able to manage all of that.\n\n\"All of that work that happened until 2 o’clock in the afternoon up until game time and then go out there and put it out of his mind and compete and compete well. And it’s just something that we all know can’t happen in a workplace." He was able to manage everything that happened on the field with Tommy and then come into the clubhouse and have to deal with a lot of conversations after that and then get ready to compete in the batter’s box.\n\n\"One of the things that I think is really interesting is the work always feels like it’s at game time. "One of the things that I think is really interesting is the work always feels like it’s at game time. And then there was a text message in the group [chat] saying that I was cheating because I was stashing players on my bench. I understand that the video of the incident is out there. “Then I looked up the rules and sent a screenshot of the rules, how it says that when a player is ruled out, you’re allowed to put them on the IR. That’s all I was doing. But a lot of the work that happens in baseball happens at 11 o'clock and 12 o’clock and 2 o’clock and 3 o’clock. By the time the game starts, a lot of work has been done and investments have been made.

Remontés par une histoire de fantasy football, les deux adversaires en sont venus aux coups, avant un match entre les Giants et les Reds.

Étrangement, il s’agirait de la première discussion en personne entre Pham et Pederson, selon ce dernier. Plus surpris qu’en colère, Pederson n’aurait pas réagi, alors que les joueurs des deux équipes accouraient dans leur direction. Questionné après la rencontre par le site sportif The Athletic, Pederson a raconté sa version des faits.

Hier, avant le match opposant les Reds de Cincinnati aux Giants de San Francisco, on a appris que Tommy Pham avait giflé Joc Pederson.

Comme l'a expliqué Pederson, Pham et lui étaient dans la même ligue de Fantasy Football l'an dernier. On a aussi appris que la ligue va se mettre le nez dans le dossier. Il n'a pas joué dans une victoire de 5-1 des siens.

On Friday night, Reds outfielder Tommy Pham slapped Giants outfielder Joc Pederson over a fantasy football argument, and that is going to cost him.

On Friday night, Reds outfielder Tommy Pham slapped Giants outfielder Joc Pederson over a fantasy football argument, and that is going to cost him. I had to address it,” Pham said. However, Pham added that there is more to this story.

The suspension began with Friday night's game and will span the final two games of the weekend series between the Giants and Reds at Cincinnati. Michael Hill, ...

According to Pederson and multiple reports, the altercation took place prior to Friday's game. Pham, 34, is in his first season with the Reds. In 42 games for Cincinnati, he's batted .233/.335/.373 (92 OPS+) with five home runs and 24 walks. Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham has been suspended three games and fined an undisclosed amount by MLB for "inappropriate conduct" prior to Friday night's game against the San Francisco Giants. Pham says he has accepted a three-game suspension that resulted from his dispute with Joc Pederson of the Giants. The suspension began with Friday night's game and will span the final two games of the weekend series between the Giants and Reds at Cincinnati. Michael Hill, MLB's senior vice president for on-field preparation, made the announcement on Saturday.

Pham a donné une gifle au voltigeur des Giants de San Francisco Joc Pederson à cause d'une dispute concernant du Fantasy Football qui remonte à un an.

Vendredi, Pederson a dit qu’il avait été accusé de tricherie puisqu'il avait inscrit le nom d'un joueur sur la liste des blessés et l'avait remplacé par un joueur autonome dans leur ligue. « Ça concernait mes anciens coéquipiers. Je n’ai pas aimé ce qui se passait dans le groupe de Fantasy. Il y avait trop d’argent en jeu, il y a un code d’honneur. Tu ne peux pas jouer avec mon argent puis dire des choses irrespectueuses. Vendredi, Pham a confronté et frappé Pederson pendant que les Giants s’échauffaient dans le champ.

Les amateurs de ligues Fantasy prennent la chose au sérieux. Et ça vaut aussi pour les athlètes professionnels. Lorsqu'un gérant tente de tricher, ...

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia)May 28, 2022 Too much money on the line. Pham also confirmed the fantasy football feud: “I didn’t like the sketchy shit going on. — Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia)May 28, 2022 — Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia)May 28, 2022 C’est ce que le voltigeur des Giants de SF Joc Pederson aurait tenté de faire, en remplaçant l’un de ses joueurs blessés à long terme par un autre frais et dispo.

The GIF consisted of three weight lifters with Los Angeles Dodgers, Giants and Padres logos superimposed over their faces. The weight lifter with the Padres ...

"It was supposed to be light-hearted," Pederson said of the joke. "It was supposed to be a friendly thing, just making fun of they were playing bad and just talking back and forth," Pederson said. Looking to move past this and show up tomorrow with no distractions and help this team win a ball game." Following the Giants’ 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday, Pederson confirmed he sent a GIF to the group chat poking fun at the Padres. The GIF consisted of three weight lifters with Los Angeles Dodgers, Giants and Padres logos superimposed over their faces. "[Pham] didn't not like that and responded, ‘Joc, I don’t know you well enough to make any jokes like this.’ So, then I wrote back, ‘Was meant to be all fun and games. That means 228 days passed before Pham slapped Pederson across the face at Great American Ball Park.

Reds outfielder Tommy Pham has been suspended three games for slapping the Giants' Joc Pederson in the face over a fantasy football dispute.

On Friday, Pederson said he was accused of cheating for placing a player on injured reserve and replacing him with a free agent in a fantasy football league. "It was a surprise," Pederson told reporters on Friday. "There was no real argument. We had too much money on the line, so I look at it like there's a code. "... It was regarding my former team [Padres]. I didn't like that and I didn't like the sketchy s--- going on in the fantasy. The suspension was retroactive to Friday and runs through Sunday, when the Reds' series with the Giants concludes in Cincinnati. The pair had to be separated.

Pederson said Pham walked up to him on the field Friday while the Giants were warming up, adding the slap was a surprise and “there was no real argument.”

Pham also had a different player on injured reserve, and Pederson said he told Pham, “You literally have the same thing on your team, on your bench.” Pederson said he found out Pham was playing in two fantasy leagues, and in one of them the player was on injured reserve and in one of them, he wasn’t, so there may have been some confusion. Someone in the fantasy football group accused Pederson of cheating, but Pederson said he looked up the rules that said when a player is listed as out, you can put them on the injured reserve list, and sent a screenshot to the group. Pederson told reporters he had placed a player on injured reserve when they were out, and replaced him with a free agent player last year.

Giants outfielder Joc Pederson offered his side of the story Saturday after his fantasy football dispute with Reds outfielder Tommy Pham came to light ...

Pederson was asked about the suspension following the Giants’s loss to the Reds on Saturday, and told reporters he had not spoken with Pham since he left the fantasy league in Week 4 or 5. Pederson also revealed the details of the GIF, which included three weightlifters with Giants, Dodgers and Padres logos superimposed over them. On Saturday morning, Pham told the media he received a three-game suspension for his actions, which he claimed happened because Pederson was “messing with my money.”

Fantasy leagues are all over the map when it comes to injured reserve rules, so it's important to get ahead of any disagreements.

So, to get around it with guys like Wilson and Michael Thomas last season, leagues where I am commissioner adjusted our rules to allow any player who was injured to be on IR – with the express stipulation that it could only be used for PUP list players in addition to IR. If your league allows for this kind of loophole, go ahead and close it – either by changing your settings or by stipulating before the season that the IR should only be used for players on the real life IR or PUP list. OK, Wilson wasn't technically on IR for the 49ers last season, sure, but he was on the Physically Unable to Perform list after suffering a knee injury during the offseason. Wilson, who led the 49ers in rushing in 2020, didn't play until Week 10 last season while on the PUP list, but he started four games for them down the stretch and was clearly worth stashing if you could afford it. Apparently, there was some disagreement about the way IR spots were used, and it comes down to a limitation in how IR spots work in many leagues. Joc Pederson was waiting for us after the game, with receipts from his group text exchange with Tommy Pham. He sent a GIF of three weightlifters with Giants, Dodgers and Padres logos superimposed on them.

The squabble between Joc Pederson and Tommy Pham over a fantasy football league leads to life lessons for all.

And as is probably the case in a fantasy league with MLB players, I’ve also had to deal with some pretty healthy egos. Coincidentally, just this past week we had a situation in LABR in which I had a request to put a player on the injured list because his vaccination status prevented him from crossing the Canadian border. The sad part about the whole story is … it didn’t have to be that way. And another who tends to take those comments – however good-natured they may have been – a little too seriously. So while he may have felt comfortable joking about the Padres’ second-half collapse, Pham wasn’t amused. That’s apparently what Pham did a couple weeks after the dispute. It isn’t easy running a fantasy league. That seemed to be the end of it. And when he does, there’s usually someone else who likes to complain about it. Pham felt it was cheating because the player was inactive, but wasn’t officially on injured reserve. There’s the person who doesn’t mind bending the rules to his advantage. No additional punches were thrown and both players left the field.

The Reds outfielder got suspended three games for the incident.

Both players agreed that there was a lot of money on the line, with Pham going as far as to say he is a “big dog” in Vegas when it comes to money. Reds outfielder Tommy Pham slapped Giants outfielder Joc Pederson on Friday night, leading to one of the strangest sports feuds in recent memory. Pham was suspended three games for the action.

A video has been released showing the moment that San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson was slapped by Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham on ...

I don’t think violence is the answer, I guess you could say … It was an unfortunate situation over a fantasy football rule. Pederson said he was making fun of the team because they weren't playing well. "It was meant to be all fun and games. Pham was suspended three games for the incident. He also pointed out that Pham had a similar situation on his team. I put somebody — a player — on the injured reserve when they were listed as out and added another player.