MONDAY: Tatis will indeed undergo season-ending thumb surgery, Acee reports. Still, the hope is that Tatis will be able to play winter ball and enter camp next spring at full speed.
FRIDAY: Much-hyped Padres prospect Fernando Tatis Jr. — son of the former major-leaguer of the same name — is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the season, Jeff Sanders and Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune report.
Tatis may well require surgery on his left thumb after injuring it last night, though that has not yet been decided. Indeed, full details of the injury and expected procedure aren’t yet fully clear. More will be known after swelling has subsided.
Fortunately, early indications are that there’s no reason to fear that the injury will limit Tatis in the long run, even if surgery is necessary. That certainly reduces the reason for worry. Needless to say, the 19-year-old shortstop’s future remains of great importance to the San Diego organization.
Since coming to the Friars in one of the most notable heists in recent memory, Tatis has soared up prospect charts. This year, Tatis has posted a .286/.355/.507 slash with 16 homers and 16 steals at the Double-A level. He’s widely considered one of the very best minor-league talents around. Indeed, Fangraphs just rated his contract rights the 39th most valuable asset in all of baseball.
Barring a surprise, Tatis would not have reached the majors this year or pressed for a job out of camp in 2019. But a mid-season call-up next season was certainly a distinct possibility. It may still be, to be sure, but Tatis will now miss some valuable development time. Phenom though he may be, there’s certainly room for improvement in his game — in particular, a 27.7% strikeout rate.
Ultimately, there’s plenty of time still for Tatis to mature into the complete player the Padres think he will be. This injury seems quite unlikely to change his trajectory.
At least it’s his non throwing arm
But still sad hopefully he is back in time for the Arizona fall league
Phew saw the headline was thinking acl achilies tommy john.
Talked to him briefly in White Sox camp a couple of years back. Nice guy.
Work for the Sox?
Don’t worry Bruh I believe you…wink-wink
Maybe he meant Spring Training? It’s not out of the ordinary to be able to talk to players and coaches there.
Spring training. The Sox share a facility with the Dodgers in AZ. He was walking in from a back field and stopped to sign autographs for some kids and chatted for a bit.
Bumped into him here in San Antonio after a game. Nice kid, solid player.
Maybe AAA next year.
Was just going to go see him play again next week. Damn…
Oh how the White Sox miss him
How many times this year will a past trade be referenced as a heist? I looked back at the articles, they weren’t exactly heists then… If someone grabs a piece of trash off the side of the road, and it ends up being worth thousands, is it a heist?
No one threw Tatis away.
Your analogy…
It’s a sports colloquialism. Some words and phrases have different meanings when used in different contexts and arenas. For example, if you buy a can of corn – that doesn’t mean you bought something routine.
this probably wont get read by many but it was fun to click on that link to the james shields for erik johnson and tatis article. like 160 comments and only 1 person mentioned that they thought tatis was a good get by the padres. whoever the user “theo2016” is or was, is an oracle. they said tatis is a good get who is 5 years away (in 2016) and really toolsy. great call. they also predicted the cubs to win a world series title within next 5 years. have to give props when props are due. also found a few people give smart azz responses about cubs not going to win it all or about how good james shields is and the padres gm made an awful trade. would be awesome if users had to answer to posts like that
Valid point, sportzfan1000. This is far from the only example, but recall the overwhelming Verlander commenter compartmentalizing taking place last year about this time.
I don’t want him – overrated – Darvish better – overpaid – not worth rated prospects even if Detroit ate his contract. A lot of guys not paying enough attention brayed loud, long and wrong. I could not believe what I was reading. The guy exceeded expectations but going in was clearly the main difference-maker up for grabs.
But not if you read from here.
So much haughty ignorance was spewed that it should lead to an official comment scoring system. It’s time, like the K-Zone replacing the ball-strike ump. Incompetence must be recognized and subjugated, especially those who are really loud and really wrong. Grey them when falling under the acceptable threshhold.
It’s been like this for years now. There are so many trolls and people making toxic posts on this site nowadays while having little to no knowledge about the topic or team/player that the article focuses on. It’s why I only really comment in Padres-related articles. The fact that certain people have not been permanently banned from this site for some of the things they have said just baffles me. I guess the site owners like all of the clicks they’re getting.
Peoples posts should be searchable. This way when someone says something stupid you can go back and see all the other dumb posts. Then every time they post you can reply with remember when you said this. Makes them accountable and less likely to post dumb stuff in the future.
Did Tatis ever wear any protection on his hands? If not, then hopefully he’ll start wearing one of those oven mitts. He’s got so much potential.
I don’t think so, but you’re right. The organization will highly recommend that he does. Those hands are going to have a pretty big impact as to whether or not the Padres are relevant in the near future. Hope he heals quickly.
Not really sure a condom would help, but, meh, what the heck? Worth a shot
I would guess the Padres will strongly discourage head-first slides in the future. Most teams do anyway.
James Shields 13 quality starts this year. Quintana Lester Hendricks all tied for team lead with 9. But tell me more about Tatis and how bad of a trade it was. Without taking about Eloy Jimenez or Gleyber Torres. Cubbie Koolaid
Something something about counting unhatched chickens.
Hard to evaluate any of those trades you mentioned definitely. Even the Torres one. Cubs got rings out of it and he wouldn’t have a clear spot in the lineup this year. (Coming from a fellow Sox fan)
Hasn’t Shields been generally awful in Chicago? And you use a season in which the white Sox might lose 110 games, where Shields has pitched at best ok as evidence of the trade not being an absolute disaster for the white Sox? If Shields were a serviceable innings eater and the white Sox were in the hunt then maybe the trade isn’t a disaster but that’s not the case.
Hello Chitown. Cubs won the world series in 2016 and it just burns you up boy!
And to boot you think Tatis for Shields was a good move to. Hahaha