Talking Friars on Twitter: List of Tatis Events

The Padres are locked into his contract for a very long time. Could they really have missed his immaturity before getting him locked up? Hopefully, he will learn from all of this.

Just put together this list of things that have happened since the start of the Padres 2021-22 offseason involving Fernando Tatis Jr. It's pretty stunning how many things have happened pic.twitter.com/m3wuS1DDde

— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) August 15, 2022

Héctor Gómez on Twitter: “The testing on Fernando Tatis Jr. was carried out at the end of March…

The testing on Fernando Tatis Jr. was carried out at the end of March, where he tested positive for clostebol, a substance to heal wounds. After his motor accident in the DR, he began using this cream to hide the accident, per @carmonaTV.

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) August 13, 2022

Fernando Tatis Sr. says ‘all of baseball’ loses with son suspended 80 games for ‘something so insignificant’

This is bad parenting.

Fernando Tatis Jr. suspended, tests positive for banned substance

This is a real shocker. You can read his full statement by clicking the link.

“I have been informed by Major League Baseball that a test sample I submitted returned a positive result for Clostebol, a banned substance,” Tatis said in a statement. “It turns out that I inadvertently took a medication to treat ringworm that contained Clostebol. I should have used the resources available to me in order to ensure that no banned substances were in what I took. I failed to do so.

Rosenthal: Fernando Tatis Jr. open to position change? Plus MLB trade notes - The Athletic $

What position, if any, will help keep him on the field?

“The plan so far is shortstop,” he said.

Could he play other positions?

Tatis laughed.

“Yeah, I could,” he said.

I then laid out why I was asking. Center field for the Padres hasn’t been great offensively. Ha-Seong Kim has excelled at shortstop defensively. Tatis could play center …

He laughed again.

“I like winning ballgames,” Tatis said. “If it means we’re going to win more ballgames like that, I’ll do it that way.”

Are you taking balls out there?

“I’ve been shagging, yeah.”

Some good comments about handling the metrics. A snippet here.

Turner said the idea of adjusting his game to improve his metrics is “kind of stupid,” while noting, correctly, that “Outs Above Average hates me.” But the Dodgers people say his defense in the last six weeks is noticeably improved, so clearly the change in positioning helped him.

He is a free agent at the end of the season. Teams will judge him according to his metrics. He was wise to make the change.

The Red Sox need to keep Bogaerts. They can’t let every homegrown star leave. When Mayers is ready, Xander can shift over to 3B. If Devers is still around, he can go to 1B.

Story, 29, missed time with elbow trouble in Sept. 2020, and was on the injured list from May 29 to June 10 last season with an elbow problem he said was a flexor strain. He might have fallen into some bad habits. He might still be regaining arm strength.

But here’s the question: If Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts opts out of his contract and departs as a free agent, would the team be comfortable with Story at shortstop, a position that requires a bigger arm than second?