San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. left the game at home on Monday night against the San Francisco Giants (SF-SD GameTracker) with what was later announced as a shoulder injury:
Tatis fell in obvious pain in the third inning after swinging and missing a broken ball by Anthony Desclafani. He stayed down for several seconds while being attended to by the team’s coach and then left the field holding his left arm. He would not return and would be replaced defensively by Ha-seong Kim at the end of the fourth entry.
Here’s a look at the injury:
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, subluxation “occurs when the humerus partially slides in and out of place quickly.” Likewise, subluxation can cause damage to the shoulder capsule, ligaments and / or lip. The extent of Tatis’s injury and his schedule for a return are not known at this time. More information is likely to be known after it is examined on Tuesday.
Former Marlins president David Samson analyzed the injury in the last episode of Nothing Personal with David Samson. Listen below:
In the past off-season, Tatis signed a $ 340 million contract extension with the Fathers. He is coming out of a stellar campaign in 2020, in which he finished fourth in the NL MVP poll. This season, he got off to a slow start with a cut line of .167 / .286 / .333 and a home run in five games. To state the obvious, the loss of Tatis for any significant period of time would be a serious blow to the Padres, who hope to compete with world champion Los Angeles Dodgers at NL West.