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NL Rookie of the Year
Joc Pederson, OF Los Angeles Dodgers – Pederson is the breakout star of the first month of the season. The Dodgers, who are already blessed with bottomless pockets and elite veteran talent, finally inserted their young outfielder into the lineup on a full-time basis in 2015, and he has responded with a dominant showing that includes a .421 on-base percentage (19.8% walk rate) and seven home runs in 25 games. There is already a buzz that Pederson could be the best position player on LA’s roster before the end of the season, and he is looking like a runaway favorite for this honor.
Joc Pederson hit his 13th homer in the Dodgers eighth. He tied Orlando Cepeda (1958) for second place for the most homers by a rookie through the month of May - Albert Pujols hit 16 in 2001.
