Padres' Fernando Tatis: Three doubles, four RBI in win
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Tatis went 3-for-4 with three doubles, four RBI, two runs scored and a steal in Thursday's victory over Miami.
Tatis got the Padres on the board with his first double in the fourth inning, tying the game 2-2. He'd drive in three more runs with his second double in San Diego's seven-run sixth, extending the lead to 10-1. Thursday's performance was Tatis' first multi-hit game since May 19 -- he'd gone 5-for-40 in his last 10 contests. The 24-year-old outfielder is now slashing .253/.305/.481 with nine homers, 23 RBI, 23 runs scored and six steals through 167 plate appearances this year.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Swipes fifth bag
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Tatis went 1-for-4 with one RBI, one run scored and one steal in Tuesday's win over the Marlins.
Tatis is now 5-for-6 in stolen base attempts this season. While he does have a pair of homers in his last four games, the 24-year-old Tatis has cooled off a bit at the plate, going 4-for-32 over his past eight contests. He's slashing .247/.297/.466 with nine homers, 19 RBI and 21 runs scored through his first 158 plate appearances this season.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Hits another homer
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Tatis went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-2 loss against the Yankees.
For the second straight game Tatis went yard at Yankee Stadium, this time launching a solo shot off Luis Severino in the fourth. The long ball increased his season total to nine, four of which have come in Tatis' last eight games. Through 32 games, Tatis is slashing .254/.297/.486 while only striking out at an 18.9 percent clip.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Goes yard again
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Tatis went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Red Sox.
This was Tatis' second homer in as many games and his seventh long ball of the season. The 24-year-old has gone 7-for-28 (.250) over his last seven contests, cooling off a bit after a strong start to May. He's at a .281/.317/.509 slash line with seven homers, 14 RBI, 16 runs scored and three stolen bases through 26 games this season.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Launches sixth homer
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Tatis went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-1 loss against the Red Sox.
Tatis hit an opposite-field shot to right-center in the third inning, which was San Diego's only run of the day. The superstar outfielder is now slashing .282/.319/.491 and has hits in four of his last five games. The 24-year-old is off to a solid start this year after missing the entirety of 2022 (plus the start of this season) due to injury and a suspension.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Hitting third against Royals
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Tatis is hitting third and playing right field against the Royals on Wednesday, Dennis Lin of The Athletic reports.
The Padres are shaking things up at the top of the lineup after a 5-4 loss to the Royals on Wednesday, and Tatis will move into the middle of the lineup with Xander Bogaerts hitting at the top. San Diego is also without Manny Machado on Wednesday because of a hand injury, so this may be a short-term lineup solution assuming Machado gets back in the lineup in the coming days.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Nabs two thefts Sunday
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Tatis went 1-for-2 with two walks and two steals in a loss to the Dodgers on Sunday.
Tatis was the only Padre to reach more than once in the shutout loss, and he took advantage on the basepaths with a pair of thefts. That activity was a welcome sign for his fantasy managers, as Tatis had nabbed only one steal through his first 20 contests prior to Sunday. Though San Diego has struggled as a team this month, the 24-year-old has been productive, slashing .294/.345/.529 with three homers, five RBI and seven runs over 12 games.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Notches first theft
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Tatis went 0-for-5 with a run and a stolen base in Tuesday's 6-1 win against Minnesota.
Tatis didn't have a good day at the plate, as he struck out twice and didn't collect any hits. However, his stolen base in the seventh inning following a fielder's choice helped generate a Padres run. The theft was a welcome sight for Tatis' fantasy managers, who no doubt are counting on him to provide much more in that category than he has so far this season. After swiping 52 bags over his first 273 major-league games, Tatis entered Tuesday with no thefts on one attempt through his first 15 contests of 2023.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Three hits, one RBI in loss
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Tatis went 3-for-4 with an RBI double in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers.
Tatis knocked in the Padres' lone run with an eighth-inning double, but they couldn't scrape together a tying run. He has multiple hits in five of his last seven games, recording three home runs and three doubles in that span. The 24-year-old is slashing .297/.328/.531 with 10 RBI, nine runs scored, four homers and no stolen bases through 67 plate appearances.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Homers twice in win
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Tatis went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI in Friday's 5-2 win over the Dodgers.
Tatis tagged Clayton Kershaw for both long balls, a solo shot in the third inning and a two-run blast in the fifth. Prior to Friday, Tatis had gone 0-for-9 across his last two contests. The 24-year-old is up to four homers, nine RBI, eight runs scored and two doubles while slashing .267/.302/.500 over 13 games since he was reinstated from a PED suspension.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Catching fire at plate
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Tatis went 3-for-5 with a run scored Monday in the Padres' 8-3 win over the Reds.
Tatis has now turned in three multi-hit efforts in a row and four within the last five games, extending his hit streak to nine games along the way. Though Tatis' .811 OPS is still well below his career mark (.959), fantasy managers have to be pleased with how he's performed thus far when considering he hadn't played in the majors since October 2021 before he was reinstated from his suspension April 20.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Goes deep in slugfest
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Tatis went 2-for-6 with a double, a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in Saturday's win over San Francisco.
Tatis smacked a fifth-inning homer to put the Padres up 9-8. After going 0-for-5 in his season debut April 20, the 23-year-old has a hit in each of his past seven games, including two multi-hit efforts. However, his slash line sits at .243/.282/.432, as he has just two walks and three extra-base hits in 39 plate appearances.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Knocks in three runs
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Tatis went 2-for-5 with three RBI in Wednesday's 5-3 win against the Cubs.
Tatis came up big late in the contest for San Diego, plating two runs with a single in the seventh and another run with a single in the ninth. The pair of knocks extended his hitting streak to five games, though he's tallied just one extra-base hit (a homer) over that span. Tatis has also yet to steal a base this season after racking up 52 thefts over 273 regular-season games across his first three big-league campaigns.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Belts first long ball
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Tatis went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored Saturday in a 5-3 win against Arizona.
Tatis opened the scoring in the contest with a solo shot to left field in the first inning. It was his first long ball and just his second hit in three games since returning from his PED suspension Thursday. Despite the homer, Tatis appears to still be struggling to find his footing, as he's hitting just .154 with four strikeouts over 13 at-bats.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Gets first hit of campaign
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Tatis went 1-for-4 with a strikeout in Friday's loss to Arizona.
Tatis went 0-for-5 with a pair of strikeouts in his season debut Thursday before notching his first hit of the campaign -- a single to center in the sixth inning -- Friday. The star shortstop-turned-outfielder destroyed minor-league pitching to the tune of a .515/.590/1.212 slash line and seven homers in eight games leading up to his activation from an 80-game PED suspension, but he's finding the going tougher as he faces big-league pitching for the first time since 2021. Of course, there's little value in trying to draw conclusions from a two-game sample, so fantasy managers who have stashed Tatis to this point in the season have no reason to panic.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: At leadoff in return Thursday
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Tatis has been activated from his PED suspension and is batting leadoff Thursday night against the Diamondbacks, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.
Tatis will start in right field and lead things off for the Padres in his first major-league game since October 2021. He went ballistic during his eight-game tuneup with Triple-A El Paso, batting .515 with a 1.802 OPS, seven home runs, 15 RBI, two stolen bases and 11 runs scored across 39 plate appearances. Now recovered from wrist and shoulder surgeries and having served out an 80-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs, the 24-year-old can finally reclaim his place as one of the most productive position players in the sport.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Rehab assignment ends
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Tatis (suspension) returned to San Diego on Monday and will work out at Petco Park the next three days before being reinstated to the active roster ahead of Thursday's game against the Diamondbacks, Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Tatis is eligible to continue playing in minor-league games until his 80-game suspension concludes following the Padres' series finale Wednesday versus Atlanta, but the organization has seen enough from the talented 23-year-old during his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso to feel confident in his readiness for MLB action. During his 12-day stint in El Paso, Tatis was no match for Pacific Coast League pitchers, as he raked to the tune of a .515/.590/1.212 slash line with seven home runs, two stolen bases and a 6:3 BB:K over 39 plate appearances. Padres manager Bob Melvin said earlier in April that he anticipates having Tatis bat out of the leadoff spot once he's reinstated from suspension.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Continues mashing in minors
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Tatis (suspension) went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in a minor-league contest with Triple-A El Paso on Sunday.
To say that Tatis is feasting on minor-league pitching would be an understatement. The 24-year-old is slashing .515/.590/1.802 with seven homers, 15 RBI and two thefts eight games into his stint with El Paso, and he's been absurd over his past three contests, going 11-for-16 with six long balls and 12 runs batted in. Fantasy managers who drafted Tatis should be salivating at the thought of the slugger returning from his suspension, which he's eligible to do this coming Thursday.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Lights up minor-league pitching
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Tatis (suspension) went 5-for-6 with three home runs, a double and eight RBI on Thursday with Triple-A El Paso.
Tatis is a week away from returning to the Padres, and his performance Thursday certainly suggests he's ready to be back in the big leagues. He went yard in the second, sixth and eighth innings, pulling the ball over the fence in left field on each occasion. Prior to Thursday's game, Tatis was hitting .478 with four homers and two stolen bases across 23 at-bats.
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Padres' Fernando Tatis: Reaches thrice in Triple-A game
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Tatis (suspension) went 1-for-2 with two walks, a stolen base, a run and an RBI in an appearance for Triple-A El Paso on Tuesday.
Tatis played in the first game of his rehab assignment with El Paso, which was also the first Triple-A appearance of his career. The star shortstop didn't appear to have any rust, as he singled home a run in the sixth inning after walking in two previous trips to the plate. Tatis also swiped a bag in the contest, serving as a reminder of the stolen-base potential he'll bring to fantasy squads once eligible to return to the Padres from his suspension April 20.
