SAN DIEGO – Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. injured himself during a hard hit on Monday-evening and immediately left the game against the San Francisco Giants.
Tatis lashed out at Anthony DeSclafani and flinched in pain as he fell to the ground. He rocked his left arm as he stood up, and two athletic trainers helped keep his left arm against his body as he left the field.
The Padres later said that Tatis left because of a left shoulder subluxation, which is a partial dislocation of a joint. He will be re-evaluated on Tuesday.
22-year-old Tatis left a game late spring practice with left shoulder discomfort, but was back two days later. Manager Jayce Tingler then said that since his minor league days, Tatis had been dealing with left shoulder discomfort. Tatis later said he’d had it since the rookie ball.
Tatis committed five errors in the first four games.
On February 22, he signed the longest contract in the history of the Dutch big league, a 14-year deal worth $ 340 million.
This report uses information from The Associated Press.