5:56pm: Tatis is “fine,” a source told Acee.
5:04pm: Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. exited the team’s game against the Reds on Tuesday with discomfort in his left (non-throwing) shoulder, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune was among those to report. The club will re-evaluate Tatis on Wednesday.
There is no indication Tatis is dealing with a major injury, but if it a serious issue, it would be an awful development for the Padres. They’re coming off a tremendous 2020, an active offseason and hoping to knock the reigning World Series champion Dodgers off the National League West perch this year. For that to happen, the Padres will need a healthy Tatis, a 22-year-old who has established himself as a star since his 2019 debut. Tatis was so effective over his first two seasons, in which he slashed .301/.374/.582 with 39 home runs and 27 stolen bases over 629 plate appearances, that the Padres signed him to a 14-year, $340MM extension last month.
In the event of a worst-case scenario that would force Tatis to miss time, the Padres do have at least one viable replacement on their bench. Ha-Seong Kim – who thrived in Korea before joining the Padres on a four-year, $28MM guarantee in the offseason – has a great deal of professional experience at the position, where he played 776 games in the KBO.
Oh no the Big Contract Disease/Virus
I hope all is well though
It is a little uncanny how often players seem to get injured/decline hard after they sign massive deals.
Better he rests/sits out now than once the season starts. Hope he’s okay!
Yes, they should all be verbal contracts then this wouldn’t happen
Tatis is fine, it’s Buehler getting lit up again today that worries me.
All contracts should be incentive based. The owners always take the risks. It would only be fair, but that’s not how unions work.
Poor owners
You have bought the propaganda hook line n sinker. Do you have any idea how profitable it is to own an MLB ball club?
I don’t care about the owners at all, but I do think a system more like that would improve the on field product which would be a lot better for current fans and more fans in. However, players would never even consider it.
LOL… Five years from now, the Padres probably will be absolutely be “over the moon” excited about this contract vs. Tatis entering free agency. Chances are, it will be a “win-win” for both club and player.
Re 100% incentive-based contract. If that’s the case, you would absolutely expect owners to force managers to sit players to ensure that they didn’t hit certain “incentives.” I think it’s pretty fair on both ends, and I like the trend of most players getting shorter-term contacts, save the absolute stars that deserve longer-term deals.
That’s not how unions work? That’s not how non-unions work either in most cases. Second, no one forced SD ownership to make a 14 year deal. They chose to take the risk. And third, there is insurance for these deals, thus mitigating the risk, which the risk you’re referring to is what the risk of having a 75’ yacht instead of an 80’ yacht? Please.
It’s the Jeff Burroughs syndrome. For those of you too young to know. He was an average player and then had a monster year and signed a big contract and did nothing after that.
I don’t see the connection. When was Tatis an average player?
Huh? Burroughs had a fine career. 240 HR’s, 121 wRC+. I see three big years. In 1974 he had a 158 wRC+, 1978 a 160 wRC+, and 1982 a 145 wRC+. I also don’t see any big contract. It looks like the most he ever made in a season was 350K in 1985.
Its probably just a tumor!
LOL
Lefty – he’ll be fine, but dude you can’t say ‘virus’ here. The panty waist moderators will be offended.
CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES!
This is my last resort
Suffocation.
No breathing.
No breathing
Don’t give a (bleep) if I cut my arm bleeding!
There are lots of moving parts in swinging a bat. I hope it’s nothing serious.
I’m willing to bet that he’d be in the lineup tomorrow if we were in the regular season.
I read he got a little banged up on a slide last week, so wondering if it’s related. Doesn’t sound concerning yet since teams are more cautious in the spring.
I’m with you…that slide landing last week was HARD and wouldn’t be surprised he tweaked it going into home.
Bust already smdh
You tulo be kidding me.
They have tons of SS options. The bat can’t be replaced, but Kim, Cronenworth, and (in a pinch) Machado can all provide decent to good D at SS.
If he goes down for an extended period of time there goes the Padres season.
@cgoss
And that is why I don’t think the Padres (barring a lot of luck) are going to take down the Dodgers this year.
Wow!!!!!
Funny how “exited today’s game” so often turns into “seeking a second opinion”……..
Crazy how this happens after the long contract is signed. Hopefully nothing serious
I always figured it would be his throwing shoulder to give out first. He would many times field a routine ground ball and instead of just throwing over nice and easy, he would needlessly wait and then wind up and gun it to first
It’s his glove side, not his throwing shoulder.
Yes, I know. That was my point. I thought it would have been his throwing shoulder instead that went first because he is such a show off with it at SS.
The rarified air of that 143 game total career so far, has certainly left the building while Padres fans hope all is well with their wonderland/fan favorite/Gold Glove/Silver Slugger/Mr. Excitement player and his $340 million dollar contract.
As a Dodger fan, hate to see this
He is a star that the game needs
Don’t worry Padres fans a “source” said he’s fine!
It’s not Padre fans that are worried, you should console the Dodger fans who came straight in to pronounce him dead gleefully.
Apparently this is the most hated shortstop since Jeter Jesus Christ
Who hates Jeter?
Also, he’s “fine”.
Maybe all the people to which he gave herpes
But I’m cool with him.
So your take is the gift basket doesn’t make up for a venereal disease?
Yeah, I’m with that.
Personally, I prefer my protagonists to be flawed. So Arod was my guy. Jeets was a little too goody goody, for my taste. Ya know? But Jeter was a fantastic player to have on your squad.
He had that “winner” quality. Which is so hard to define but certainly exists.
I agree. I liked Albert Belle. Refusing to go to first after getting hbp and that forearm shiver of Fernando Vina. Belle was a flawed but you’d definitely be happy with him up when you need runs.
There’s a line. Ya know?
But when I saw Bauer throw the ball out of the park the first thing I thought was, “man…I wish I’d’ve thought of that…”
Like the Mendoza line, I think it should called the Izzy Alcantara line.
Ducky down.
Izzy Alcantara Line it is.
Ducky – Yeah he was pretty good. 5th or 6th most hits in history good.
O’Neil was my guy. I understood him on a personal level lol
Ya know, that says something about you, @Reilly.
Frazier reminded me of O’Neil when he snapped the bat across his knee. I’ve high hopes for him filling that role.
Man.
If I was Boomer, I’d feel good enough to throw a perfecto today.
Who hates Tatis?
People have always talked dirt on jeter mainly for being the captain of the Yankees when they won four World Series’ and that he’s overrated. It’s the same thing going on here, just hate but no real visual realization that the kids good or bad. Cant chalk this up any easier!
The only people that think Tatis is hated are Padre fans. Only
Tatis is the wonder child of baseball atm even if he’s not Juan Soto. Market matters
No one hates him. Only in your and your fellow Padre fans minds
Ok lurking so you don’t follow Padres fans media or know how annoying Dodgers and giants fans are on the west coast, speaking for padre nation: we get it.
I love tatis but I’m not singing his praises anytime it’s relevant. I’m stating he gets a lot of hate and just sift through these comments and you’ll see enough over a shoulder bruise to his glove side
Dude hasn’t played full season yet Preller gives him 340 mil. Preller brings him up early loses year of control brilliant.
youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
Glad he’s fine. No one wants to win because he gets hurt
Uh oh spaghetti oh