Fernando Tatis Jr. has stormed back for the San Diego Padres. He played his first three seasons with flair and swagger. But then his career was buffeted by injuries and an 80-game PED suspension that cost him all of the 2022 season and the first 20 games of 2023.
FILE - San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. makes a leaping catch on a ball hit by Seattle Mariners Jorge Polanco during the first inning of a spring training baseball game, Monday, March 25, 2024, in San Diego. Tatis made a sensational running, leaping catch in right field with a runner on second base, threw the ball back in, slapped the platinum patch on his glove and flashed his golden smile. FILE - San Diego Padres’ center fielder Fernando Tatis Jr.
The high-priced Padres flopped last year, but Tatis shined once he finished serving the final 20 games of the 80-game PED suspension he was hit with in August 2022. He was an All-Star at shortstop in 2021 but was moved to right field when he returned, ostensibly to keep him healthy. He injured his left shoulder twice during the 2021 season and then broke his left wrist in a motorcycle accident that December while at home in the Dominican Republic. Both injuries ultimately required surgery.
As impressive as his catch was of Jorge Polanco’s fly ball Monday night in a home exhibition game against the Seattle Mariners, he made a catch in the Padres’ home finale on Sept. 24Using a perfectly timed leap, Tatis reached his glove high above the wall to rob St. Louis Cardinals pinch-hitter Michael Siani of a two-run homer. His left shoulder was even with the wall when he brought the ball back in.
New manager Mike Shildt was in the organization the last two years before being elevated to replace Melvin, so he saw Tatis’ transition up close.
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