San Diego Padres Dominican torpedo boat Fernando Tatis Jr. will be out of lineup for at least 10 days, but will not need shoulder surgery, team general manager AJ Preller reported Tuesday .
Preller said Tatis will be placed on the injured list so he can rest and rehabilitate his shoulder and that he hopes to return to play after a short time. “He won’t be operated on. He doesn’t have a big swelling in his shoulder,” Preller noted.
“He has a slight tear of the labrum, which is consistent with a subluxation injury. Overall, today’s (Tuesday) exam passed without incident,” he added.
Tatis, 22, left Monday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park after blowing a shot from Anthony DeSclafani to punch himself and threw himself on the floor visibly sore.
Parents reported after the encounter that Tatis suffered a subluxation in his shoulder, which is a partial dislocation of the joint.
“There’s a reason he’s who he is,” said Jayce Tingler, the parents ’manager. “We have no way to replace him. But we can get nine or ten players to increase their production by small percentages, taking good turns on the bat, making defensive plays, running the bases well,” he added.
Tatis, who before reporting to spring training agreed an extension of 14 years and $ 340 million – currently the third largest contract in history – had to leave an exhibition match due to discomfort in his left shoulder afterwards. of making a defensive play.
At this point, Tingler noted that his torpedo boat has struggled with these discomforts in the shoulder of his arm from trimming since he was in minor leagues. Tatis revealed to ESPN Digital the weekend that these inconveniences did not worry him.
“That shoulder has been here since my rookie league season,” Tatis said. “I think it’s not something that should worry people. I think it’s something of the game, what it carries, what it takes out of me. It’s something that always happens to me from the beginning, during and almost to the final, “he added.
“These are things that the game brings and one simply learns how to deal with them. They are everyday things,” said the Quisque player.
Tatis hit 317 with 22 homers and finished third in the National League Rookie of the Year race in 2019, his first season in the Major Leagues, despite an injury to his lower back. limit to 84 games.
The torpedo boat appeared in 59 of the 60 games of the season cut by coronavirus of 2020 and was fourth in the voting of the Most Valuable Player of the old circuit, behind Freddie Freeman, of the Atlanta Braves; Mookie Betts, of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and her teammate and compatriot Manny Machado.
Tatis and Machado were two of the main reasons San Diego advanced to its first postseason last year since 2006 and to be among the clubs most likely to prevent their Dodgers division rivals from winning a second title. consecutive World Series.