Fernando Tatis Jr. will not play for the Padres this season. The 23-year-old shortstop was suspended Friday for 80 games by Major League Baseball for violation of the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. “That’s his story,” Preller said Friday night, speaking in a tunnel outside the visitors’ clubhouse during the Padres’ game against the Nationals. Over the course of the last six or seven months, I think that’s been something that we haven’t really been able to have there. I think that’s going to be something that we’re going to have plenty of conversation and time to talk to Fernando about.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 13, 2022 20:00 UTC