{"id":44141,"date":"2022-08-13T10:45:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fernando-tatis-jr-disappoints-padres-with-ped-suspension\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T10:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:45:43","slug":"fernando-tatis-jr-disappoints-padres-with-ped-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fernando-tatis-jr-disappoints-padres-with-ped-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernando Tatis Jr.  disappoints Padres with PED suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Will the Padres win a World Series with Juan Soto? Our experts weigh in\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">WASHINGTON \u2013 The San Diego Padres&#8217; master plan for assembling a super team capable of challenging for a World Series title ran into a significant snag Friday with star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr.  suspended for the rest of the season due to a positive drug test.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tatis, who hasn&#8217;t played at all in 2022 after undergoing surgery in March to repair a fractured wrist, had just begun a minor league rehab assignment \u2013 \u200b\u200band he was on the verge of rejoining the Padres as soon as next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">However, the announcement from Major League Baseball that Tatis tested positive for the banned substance Clostebol abruptly closed the door on the 23-year-old being a part of any playoff push.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>FERNANDO TATIS JR:<\/strong>San Diego Padres star suspended 80 games for PED violation<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>JUAN SOTO<\/strong> feeling &#8216;a lot of emotions&#8217; as he returns to DC with Padres<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In response to his 80-game suspension that will extend into next season, Tatis issued a statement through the MLB Players Association apologizing to the Padres organization and their fans.  He called the result \u201cdevastating\u201d and said the positive test was the result of medication he took to treat ringworm.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThat&#8217;s his story,\u201d Padres GM AJ Preller told local reporters Friday outside the visitors&#8217; clubhouse at Nationals Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cWe were hoping that from the offseason to now that there would be some maturity, and obviously with the news today, it&#8217;s more of a pattern and it&#8217;s something that we&#8217;ve got to dig a bit more into.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tatis has not played for the Padres in 2022 after he broke his wrist in a motorcycle accident in the offseason.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I think what we need to get to is a point in time where we trust,\u201d Preller said. \u201cOver the course of the last six or seven months I think that&#8217;s been something that we haven&#8217;t really been able to have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Preller told players about the suspension and manager Bob Melvin also addressed the team shortly before they took the field for their game against the Nationals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThis is a blow for us.  We&#8217;ll have to move on,\u201d Melvin said.  \u201cI&#8217;m glad we made the moves we did at the deadline.  We feel like we have a really good team still and sometimes you have to deal with some adversity as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Sign up for our sports newsletter:<\/strong>All the sports news you need to know delivered right to you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Players in the clubhouse echoed Melvin&#8217;s comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cVery disappointed.  That&#8217;s the second time we&#8217;ve been disappointed with him,\u201d Mike Clevinger, the winning pitcher in Friday&#8217;s 10-5 victory, said.  \u201cYou hope he grows up and learns from this and learns that it&#8217;s more than about just him right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cHe hasn&#8217;t been part of the team all year,\u201d said third baseman Manny Machado.  \u201cWe&#8217;ve gotten to this point so far without him.  We were waiting for him to get back and hopefully for him to be a spark plug for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Padres improved to 64-51 on the season and are currently in possession of the NL&#8217;s third wild-card playoff spot.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Padres were anxiously looking forward to Tatis, the 2021 NL home run champ, being fully healthy and joining trade-deadline acquisitions Juan Soto, Josh Bell and Josh Hader in their quest for the first World Series title in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Instead, Tatis will not only miss the final 48 games of the 2022 regular season plus the playoffs, but his suspension will also extend to the World Baseball Classic next spring and the first 32 games of 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cWe have the guys to get where we want to be,\u201d Machado added.  \u201cObviously, with the trade deadline what we did there, we reinforced the team and made the team a lot better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;We still have the same goal, which is to try and make a World Series and bring a championship to San Diego. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to try to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/08\/12\/USAT\/f8b49d1b-13d1-4a3f-ba70-4d431183713a-USATSI_18857756.jpg?crop=5253,2955,x1,y210&amp;width=660&amp;height=372&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/08\/12\/USAT\/f8b49d1b-13d1-4a3f-ba70-4d431183713a-USATSI_18857756.jpg?crop=5253,2955,x1,y210&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 The San Diego Padres&#8217; master plan for assembling a super team capable of challenging for a World Series title ran into a significant snag Friday with star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. suspended for the rest of the season due to a positive drug test. Tatis, who hasn&#8217;t played at all in 2022 after &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fernando-tatis-jr-disappoints-padres-with-ped-suspension\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fernando Tatis Jr.  disappoints Padres with PED suspension<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43708,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fernando-tatis-jr-suspended-80-games-for-performance-enhancing-drug-violation\/","url_meta":{"origin":44141,"position":0},"title":"Fernando Tatis Jr.  Suspended 80 Games For Performance-Enhancing Drug Violation","date":"August 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Major League Baseball announced Friday afternoon that Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. has been suspended for 80 games without pay after testing positive for Clostebol, a banned performance-enhancing substance. 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