January 2, 1999: He was born in San Pedro de Marcoris, Dominican Republic, the birthplace of many primary league players, about 3 months before his father, Fernando Tatis, made history with two Grand Slam tournaments at one entrance to the St. Cardinals. Louis.
July 2, 2015: Signed as an amateur free agent through the Chicago White Sox at age 16.
June 4, 2016 – Traded to the Padres along with pitcher Erik Johnson for pitcher James Shields.
2017: Between Single-A and Double-A, Tatis hit 22 home runs and stole 32 goals with an Array877 OPS and ranked among the top as the No. prospect. 8 in baseball in 2018.
2018 – After 88 games in Double-A, Tatis is baseball’s prospect in 2019.
March 28, 2019: His first league debut, a single opponent of Madison Bumgarner in his first at-bat and a 2-on-3 performance in the Padres’ 2-0 win over the Giants.
April 1, 2019: The first run of his career, a two-run shot off Arizona right-hander Merrill Kelly and manny Machado’s conduct in the sixth inning of a 10-3 loss.
April 28, 2019: Tatis suffers a left hamstring strain as he stretches to base for the moment to line up a missed shot from pitcher Matt Wisler. In his first month in the majors, Tatis controlled 12 more hits, thirteen runs scored and one OpS of Array910.
June 6, 2019: Tatis goes 1-of-2 with two goals on balls back into the lineup after missing 34 games. The next night, he did a circuit.
June 16, 2019: In his 10th game (8h start) since returning from IL, Tatis went 3-on-6 with a double and triple in a 14-13 win at Coors Field. In their first 10 outdoor games, il played 3 3-hit and five multi-hit games, 17 of 39 with 8 more hits and 12 runs scored.
June 23, 2019: In one of the many notable moments of his rookie season in which he commented that he didn’t like other players, Tatis scored and scored on a ball that went through Pirates guard Kyle Newman.
July 14, 2019: Another of those moments happened on a play that wasn’t even a play, as Tatis made sure he was safe.
August 13, 2019: Tatis is pulled from a game in the middle of a batting game and misses the rest of the season due to a tension reaction in his lower back. He finished his rookie year with a batting average of Array317/0. 379/. 590 and 22 home runs in 372 at-bats.
August 18, 2020: Tatis shakes up the Texas Rangers by throwing a fastball 3-0 and connecting on a grand slam in a game the Padres led with seven runs in the eighth inning. The circuit sparked a debate about baseball’s so-called “unwritten. “regulations” that necessarily led Tatis to face the motion to scrap those regulations.
November 12, 2020: Tatis finishes fourth in the National League Most Valuable Player voting, one position Machado, after achieving 0. 277/0. 366/0. 571 in the season shortened by COVID. He hit 17 home runs in 224 at-bats as the Padres made the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
February 1, 2021: At age 22, Tatis is the youngest athlete selected as an athlete for the video game “MLB The Show 21. “
February 17, 2021: Tatis and the Padres agree to a $340 million, 14-year contract. It is the largest contract ever awarded to a player who is not yet eligible for arbitration, and at the time it is the third richest contract in MLB history. The agreement includes a no-trade clause until 2028.
March 23, 2021: Tatis leaves a spring game with a left shoulder injury after getting his body to line up a ball on the ground. The shoulder went out of place, the moment this happened that month. It also happened in a marble game more than two weeks earlier.
April 5, 2021: Tatis collapses on the ground and they help him out of the box with a partially dislocated shoulder. He revealed that he had a partially torn labrum and would want to have surgery at some point.
April 16, 2021: In the third at-bat of his first game off the injured list, after missing games, Tatis scored a home run against the Dodgers.
April 23, 2021: On the 22nd anniversary of the night his father won two Grand Slam tournaments at Dodger Stadium, Tatis hit two home runs off Clayton Kershaw. He hit two home runs the next night and the next day.
May 10, 2021 — Tatis actions on COVID-IL.
May 19, 2021: After an eight-game absence, Tatis goes 4-4 in a game against the Cardinals. He reached his moment at bat and hit a double in the final two.
July 13, 2021: Tatis at the National League shortstop in his first All-Star Game. He went 2-0.
July 23, 2021: Tatis steals the 50th base of his career in his 223rd game. He already had inside runs, so the slippery bag made him the fastest in history with 50 interceptions and 50 internal runs.
July 30, 2021: Tatis is helped out of the box after his shoulder got stuck in a slide to third base.
August 15, 2021: After losing thirteen games, Tatis doubles in his first at-bat and makes a home run in the next two in an 8-2 win over Arizona.
October 18, 2021 – Tatis will give up the maximum surgeries, many of them with the Fathers, that he expected from him.
November 11, 2021: Tatis finishes third in National League MVP voting after leading the league with home runs and batting Array282/0. 364/0. 611.
December 8, 2021: Tatis was allegedly involved in a twist of fate on a motorcycle that several people close to him described as “minors. “These other people said he resumed his baseball activities some time after the accident, which the Padres confirmed. However, as the team noticed after the MLB shutdown ended, that’s not the scope of the story.
March 14, 2022: On the first day of spring training, the team announces that a pre-camp physical examination showed a scaphoid fracture in Tatis’ left wrist. You are expected to be absent at least 3 months after the operation, which takes position two. days later.
August 5, 2022: Tatis leaves Dodger Stadium after a live batting practice and heads to the airport to catch a flight to San Antonio, starting a rehabilitation project the next day. He played in 4 games and was scheduled to return as soon as August 18. fit in Petco Park.
August 12, 2022 (Friday): Tatis is suspended 80 games for Clostebol, which is banned through MLB as a performance-enhancing substance.
May 1, 2023 – Approximate date on which Tatis may return from suspension. He will be 24 years and 119 days old on that date. The last time he played in an elementary league game, he was 22 years and 275 days old.
KEVIN ACÉ
Going Beyond the Parents
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