Fernando Tatis Jr. has been out since June 21 with a stress reaction in his right femur, but the superstar outfielder is returning to the San Diego Padres' lineup Monday.
Tatis has not appeared in a game since June 21 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He left that game with a stress fracture in his right femur, getting knocked out of the All-Star Game and the next 10 weeks of action as a result.
Tatis was batting .279 with 14 home runs, 36 RBI, eight stolen bases, an .821 OPS and a 1.8 WAR in the 80 games he appeared in prior to his injury. The 25-year-old's offensive production was outpacing the numbers he put up in 2023, but his defensive metrics in right field had fallen off and he still wasn't approaching his stats from 2019 to 2021.
Tatis won Silver Sluggers in both 2020 and 2021, then earned a Gold Glove in 2023. He missed the first half of the 2022 season after undergoing wrist surgery, then he missed the second half of the campaign after being suspended for violating MLB's performance-enhancing drug policy.
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