Padres make a slew of moves around key injuries to right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. and starting pitcher Yu Darvish; Bryce Johnson will start in right field in Monday’s series opener against …
The Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. reacts after hitting a home run against the Brewers on Thursday.The Padres will be without right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. at least into early July and perhaps until after the All-Star break after he was placed on the injured list due to a stress reaction in his right leg.
Adam Mazur was recalled and will start Tuesday’s game in place of Darvish. Infielder Eguy Rosario was recalled and might play some outfield. Outfielder Bryce Johnson had his contract purchased from Triple-A and is starting Monday’s game against the Nationals in right field.Tatis has been playing through what the team believed was a quad strain. It did not affect him batting, as he actually had his best stretch of games recently .
Shildt said there is no official timetable. He likely will not return immediately when his 10 days is up and could be out until after the All-Star break. Normal healing for the injury, which can also be referred to as a fracture that occurs when there is too much stress put on a bone, is at least six weeks.
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