The San Diego Padres activated Friday, as expected, Fernando Tatis Jr. football field, which placed him at No. 2 in the lineup for his long-awaited game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park.
Infielder Tucupita Marcano was chosen as the team’s alternate spot to make way for the active roster.
Tatis had spent the last 10 days on the injured list recovering from a subluxation in his left shoulder, which he suffered while making a violent swing on April 5th. It was the third incident reported with this shoulder in a span of 23 days, a problem It is true that Tatis has been dealing throughout his career.
Subluxations, which occur when the shoulder slips essentially out of position in the plinth but does not dislocate completely, often lead to surgery. But there are also cases where players can control the disease for an extended period of time. The Padres hope Tatis can fall into the latter group. But this may require some adjustments to your game, especially to keep both hands on the bat more often to avoid swings and failures that could leave your shoulder vulnerable once again.
“The reality is you come out and the game speeds up, adrenaline, all that stuff,” said Jayce Tingler, Parent Manager. “We tried to use the last seven, the last 10 days, to talk to the medical team about how we can minimize the risk. Look, these things will happen in the game. So we’re just trying to do our best to talk about what the Danger points or high risk levels.The last thing we want is here in a couple of days, a couple of weeks, a couple of months, something happens again.We have a long year this year, and obviously he has a long career ahead of him. We have tried to cover these things with the full understanding that he will come out and he will also be a ball player. “
Tatis, 22, hit .301 / .374 / .582 with 39 homers, 27 stolen bases and eight triples in his first 143 games from 2019 to 2020, which compiled 6.5 FanGraphs winners above the spare. . By the start of the 2021 season, he had already secured major marketing deals with Gatorade and Adidas, had covered the cover of MLB The Show and signed a 14-year, $ 340 million extension.
But Tatis accumulated just three hits in 16 bats during his first four games of the regular season this year, eliminating himself six times and making five mistakes. A couple of scouts watching him closely believed he was favoring this left shoulder, which caused him problems a couple of times during spring workouts.
Tatis suffered noticeable pain immediately after suffering the subluxation, but Padres general manager AJ Preller said Tatis was feeling much better soon after and was looking forward to returning to initial training the next day. Tatis’ MRI, Preller said, showed a slight labral tear that consisted of a subluxation but not much different from what had appeared in his previous physique, adding that Tatis had regained the full range of motion and would try to control the injury. after a short period of IL.
Friday marked the first day he could return.