San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. will be out of the group for at least 10 days, but will not need shoulder surgery, AJ Preller general manager said on Tuesday.
Preller said that Tatis will be placed on the list of people with disabilities so that he can rest and rehabilitate his shoulder and that he expects to return to play soon. “He won’t be operated on. He doesn’t have a big swelling in his shoulder,” Preller said.
“He has a slight tear labrum, which is consistent with a subluxation injury. Overall, today’s exam (Tuesday) was devoid of events,” he added.
The 22-year-old Tatis came out of the game on Monday night against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park, after ventilating Anthony DeSclafani’s field to hit and threw himself to the ground in visible pain.
The parents reported after the meeting that Tatis suffered a subluxation of the shoulder, which is a partial dislocation of the joint.
“There’s a reason he’s who he is,” said Jayce Tingler, Padres’ manager. “We don’t have a way to replace him. But we can get nine or ten players to increase their production by a small percentage, taking good beats, playing defensive games, running the bases well,” he added.
Tatis, who before reporting on spring training agreed to a 14-year extension of $ 340 million – then the third-largest contract in history – had to leave an exhibition game because of a painful left shoulder after making a defensive piece.
At the time, Tingler noticed that his shortstop had dealt with those back shoulder discomforts since he was in the minor leagues. Tatis revealed to him ESPN Digital last weekend that such upsets did not concern him.
“The shoulder problem has been there since my freshman high school season,” Tatis said. “I don’t think it’s something that people should worry about. I think it’s something in the game, what it brings, what it takes out of me. It’s something that always happens to me at the beginning, during and almost at the end,” he added. he.
“There are little things that the game brings and you just learn how to approach them. There are everyday things,” said the quasi-player.
Tatis managed .317 with 22 homers and was third in the 2019 NL Rookie of the Year race, his first season in the major leagues, despite a back injury, which limited him to 84 matches.
The shortstop appeared in 59 of the 60 games in the shortened coronavirus 2020 season and was fourth in the MVP voting of the old circuit, behind Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves; Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers and his teammate and compatriot Manny Machado.
Tatis and Machado were two of the main reasons San Diego advanced to its first postseason in 2006 last year and to be among the clubs most likely to prevent divisional rivals Dodgers from claiming a second title. consecutive in the series.