Joc Pederson ‘s first All-Star Game experience should be even more memorable now, as the Dodgers center fielder will be in the starting lineup for the National League after Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday was officially ruled out of the game.
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Brewers OF Ryan Braun has been named to the National League All-Star team, the team announced Sunday.
According to the Orange County Register, Pederson will become the first-ever Dodgers rookie to start the All-Star Game.
For Braun, it’s his sixth All-Star honor of his career but first since the 65-game suspension he served at the end of the 2013 season in connection with the Biogenesis scandal.
Braun, 31, came into Sunday hitting.272/.338/.485 (124 OPS+) with 17 doubles, 15 home runs, 55 RBI and 12 home runs on the season.
Braun will replace St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder Matt Holliday, who has been nursing a quadriceps injury that has kept the slugger off the diamond for over a month. He had just 19 last season in 580 plate appearances.
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Pederson entered Sunday batting.
