June 6: The Padres announced that Tatis has indeed been activated. France was optioned to Triple-A El Paso in a corresponding move.
June 5: The Padres are planning to activate shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. from the 10-day injured list Thursday, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Tatis’ comeback will be a long-awaited return for the Padres, who have gone just 15-19 since the 20-year-old rookie last played April 28. San Diego jumped out to a 16-12 start with Tatis before he suffered a left hamstring strain. At that point, Tatis may have been the NL Rookie of the Year front-runner. He batted .300/.360/.550 with six home runs and six steals in 111 plate appearances prior to his IL placement, thus delivering on the considerable hype he garnered in his days as a minor leaguer.
Thanks in part to Tatis’ output thus far, the 31-31 Padres are within three games of a wild-card spot in the National League. The Padres haven’t earned a playoff berth since 2006, but if they’re going to return to the postseason this year, a healthy Tatis will likely play a key role. No matter how this season shakes out for the Friars, it’s fair to say Tatis is a sizable upgrade over Greg Garcia and Ty France – who have gotten significant playing time as a result of his injury.
Garcia and France have filled in at third during Tatis’ absence, while Manny Machado has occupied shortstop instead of the hot corner. Fortunately for San Diego, though, it appears Tatis and Machado are about to reunite along the left side of its infield.
Finally! This guy is so good
Yay!
Oh wow will the padres send down or dfa ? Hmm
Naylor is hitting
Garcia has no options left and playing well at 2nd and 3rd.
I’m going to have to go with France. Since they won’t dfa kinsler
France will be option unfortunately.
What should happen however is Kinsler should be DFA’d and Urias should be recalled with Tatis Jr. tomorrow.
I wish it was kinsler . Or I wish you could designate that sorry manager Andy green
Gold Glover at 2nd
Zero offense
Flips off fans. Found out where he is from, and that explains a lot.
Arizona?
Tucson area to be exact.
Im more frustrated with his terrible running, hes a bad role model for the kids.
I wish we would DFA him but of course we won’t. Urias will just continue to rot in AAA proving what we already know about him.
As a lifelong Padres fan, I can’t stand Andy Green anymore. Never liked him before but his miss-management of the bullpen and his vanilla offense have been all to acceptable by this management group.
Today’s bullpen implosion was just one of many.
We tread water long enough without Tatis, it’s time to make a run now!
I don’t see that happening without an infusion of starting pitching. Especially with Strahm going on the IL with an injury that typically takes 4-8 weeks to recover from.
L O L !
Tatis: stay hydrated!
Let’s roll. Lamet coming to help pitching. Trade Myers + a few more for more pitching….fun summer for once.
LMAO other teams are totally gonna trade pitching for Wil Myers…
Lol at this point the pads would have to eat a ton of that atrocious contract and send out a prospect or 2 with him. Maybe a bad contract swap?
Andy Green blowing games for us again what a surprise!
Pitching to Bruce and Kingery over and over again with 2 outs… why?!?!
Bruce hits another double last night with 2 outs and Kingery comes up with a bag open, these guys have been murdering us all series yet we allow them to keep doing it.
Now NBC is saying Friday. I’ll bet it’s neither.
He’s in tonight’s lineup
More false hope for Madres fans!
if the Pads want relevance they’re gonna have to learn how to beat LA. they seem to roll over and play dead every time they face them.
That’s hardly the case. The entire series in SD could’ve easily been a sweep for the Padres if they’re bullpen didn’t explode. The dodgers starters were getting shelled.