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Padres turn on Fernando Tatis Jr. off 60-day damaged listing

.SAN DIEGO-- Star ideal fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. was actually switched on Monday by the San Diego Padres after being sidelined for much more than two months with a stress and anxiety response in his correct thighbone.Tatis was actually readied to bat secondly in the opener of a three-game collection against the Detroit Tigers. The Padres went into the time in a virtual connection with Arizona for the National Game's best wild card.Tatis final played on June 21. He was put on the damaged checklist on June 24, retroactive to June 22. Publisher's Picks1 RelatedHe spent last week working out at the crew's spring training complex in Arizona.Tatis received a cozy appreciated in the club, featuring an emphatic squeeze from facility fielder Jackson Merrill, looked at by some to be the leading challenger for NL Newbie of the Year." I remain in a really good place at this moment," Tatis pointed out. "I think that I may do anything around on the ball park." On the time he was put on the IL, Tatis said he had been taking care of the personal injury for practically the whole period. It was very first referred to as a quadriceps accident, however the crew uncovered the tension response after imaging.Tatis succeeded the NL Gold Handwear Cover as well as Platinum Handwear cover honors last year in his initial season in correct field.He was actually an All-Star at shortstop in 2021 just before skipping the 2022 time because of injury and also a PED suspension.Tatis was actually striking.279 with 14 home runs and also 36 RBIs when he took place the IL.Outfielder Bryce Johnson was actually optioned to Triple-A El Paso.