Fernando Tatis Jr. might should win again the belief and respect of some of his extra distinguished San Diego Padres teammates after the 23-year-old was suspended for utilizing performance-enhancing medicine.
The MLB commissioner’s workplace introduced on Friday that Tatis would be suspended after testing positive for Clostebol, a banned anabolic steroid. His suspension will final by the rest of the 2022 season and into a part of the 2023 marketing campaign.
After the Padres’ 10-5 win towards the Washington Nationals on Friday, beginning pitcher Mike Clevinger known as out Tatis’ lack of maturity this season.
“That is the second time we’ve been very dissatisfied with him,” Clevinger informed reporters. “You hope he grows up and learns from this and learns that it’s about extra than simply him proper now. It will be good to have anyone else, however we don’t want anyone else. We’ve acquired everybody we’d like proper right here.”
Third baseman and potential Nationwide League MVP Manny Machado echoed related sentiments about how the Padres could be positive with out Tatis.
“He hasn’t been a part of the workforce all yr,” Machado mentioned. “We’ve gotten thus far up to now with out him. We have been ready to get him again and hopefully be a spark plug for the workforce.”
