San Diego Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. has been on fire during the early stages of his sophomore campaign.
The 2019 National League Rookie of the Year runner-up entered Saturday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks hitting .291 with five homers, 14 RBI and a 1.063 OPS in 14 games this season.
Tatis Jr., who led off Friday’s game with a homer, has been having a heck of a week. That now includes the star youngster hitting another leadoff homer. This time, it came against Arizona starter Merrill Kelly.
If Tatis can continue at the pace we’ve seen through the first quarter of San Diego’s schedule as the truncated season continues, the Padres might make some noise in the National League West.
After all, the Padres entered Saturday’s action boasting an 8-6 record. With Tatis on quite the roll, the Major League Baseball world had its reactions to his continued ridiculous play.
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