Minors: Two more homers for Fernando Tatis Jr.
over visiting Albuquerque, collecting four hits in five plate appearances in a continuing a torrid rehab assignment.
Ramping up as he returns from his PED suspension, Tatis homered three times on Thursday, was off on Friday and added blasts in his first two at-bats Saturday.In seven rehab games, Tatis is hitting .536/.618/1.250 with six homers, 14 RBIs, six walks and two steals. He is expected to play again Sunday, join the Padres on Monday and could get into a game at low Single-A Lake Elsinore on Tuesday ahead of Thursday’s planned activation in Phoenix.
The Padres will weigh keeping Tatis’ bat fresh in California League action vs. facing live pitching in a game setting at Petco Park.addressed his own excitement over finally writing Tatis’ name atop an official lineup card for the first time. A fractured wrist had sidelined Tatis until he started rehab games last summer, only to have an 80-game steroid suspension wipe away all of 2022 and the first 20 games this year.
“For me personally, I’ve been waiting for this Tatis thing for a while,” Melvin said. “I’m really looking forward to that. We’ve had a little dialogue back and forth the last couple of days. You know, I want to write his name in the lineup card, and he wants to get back in the lineup. So that’s exciting.”
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