Join Now

Want news that’s as fresh as your morning coffee? Join our community and stay in the know!

Padres activate Fernando Tatis Jr. off 60-day injured list

Date:

Share:

SAN DIEGO — Star right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. was activated Monday by the San Diego Padres after being sidelined for more than two months with a stress reaction in his right thighbone.

Tatis was set to bat second in the opener of a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers. The Padres entered the day in a virtual tie with Arizona for the National League’s top wild card.

Tatis last played on June 21. He was put on the injured list on June 24, retroactive to June 22.

He spent last week working out at the team’s spring training complex in Arizona.

Tatis received a warm welcome in the clubhouse, including an emphatic hug from center fielder Jackson Merrill, considered by some to be the leading contender for NL Rookie of the Year.

“I’m in a really good place right now,” Tatis said. “I feel like I can do anything out there on the baseball field.”

On the day he was placed on the IL, Tatis said he had been dealing with the injury for essentially the whole season. It was first described as a quadriceps injury, but the team discovered the stress reaction after imaging.

Tatis won the NL Gold Glove and Platinum Glove awards last year in his first season in right field.

He was an All-Star at shortstop in 2021 before missing the 2022 season due to injury and a PED suspension.

Tatis was hitting .279 with 14 home runs and 36 RBIs when he went on the IL.

Outfielder Bryce Johnson was optioned to Triple-A El Paso.

Unmatched Baby Essentials

baby

━ more like this

Humanities education is in trouble in the state of Florida. We need a shift in culture

I’ve always known my educational goals: enroll in college as a humanities major, explore the literature I love and eventually attend law school. I’m...

Pentagon moves to take back troops booted for refusing COVID vaccine

The Defense Department has told the military services to reach out once again to service members who were forced out or voluntarily left the...

Black Hawk crew in DC crash may have missed key air traffic messages

A U.S. Army Black Hawk crew may not have heard critical air traffic control messages instructing it to fly behind the commercial regional jet...

Pentagon officials are bracing for Musk’s DOGE

Few would deny that the Defense Department, with its $886 billion budget and byzantine ways, could be run more efficiently. Many have called for...

Trump administration fires hundreds of nuclear-security employees, sources say

Hundreds of new employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration were terminated Thursday evening, according to agency employees who were not authorized to speak on...

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here