Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. suspended for 80 games

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Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. suspended for 80 games
Source: CNN

(CNN)The San Diego Padres were dealt a huge blow to their title aspirations, as their star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

Tatis' suspension, which MLB announced Friday evening, puts him out for the rest of the season and the first 32 games next year.

"We were surprised and extremely disappointed to learn today that Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball's Joint Prevention and Treatment Program and subsequently received an 80-game suspension without pay," the Padres said in a statement Friday. "We fully support the Program and are hopeful that Fernando will learn from this experience."

Tatis, who has missed the Padres' first 114 games because of a wrist injury, had recently started a rehabilitation stint in the minors and had looked poised to soon join the Padres' lineup. In 2021, Tatis hit a league-leading 42 home runs and had 97 RBIs while finishing third in the voting for National League Most Valuable Player.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/12/sport/padres-fernando-tatis-jr-suspended-mlb/index.html

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1. The good news is his ringworm is cured.

SMH...

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4. Except the drug he took didn't have anything to do with ringworm.

I've seen two different sources, one of whom I know and has majored in health studies, say that.

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2. Gee

Things haven’t gone well for this team since they traded for Soto, have they?

And they’ve got all those years and money tied into Tatis, too.

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3. The team was going south before they scored Soto

Oh, he's suspended for 80 games without pay, effective immediately, so they got that going for them. That, and Manny Machado with his ten-year, $300 million contract is totally behaving himself.

My magic 8-Ball says the Padres would be tied for first place in the National League West had Fernando Tatís Jr. not busted his hand in spring training, and Machado played healthier.