The San Diego Padres are becoming a young exciting team with Fernando Tatis Jr. being the next face of the franchise. Baby Tatis is already showing superstar level of performance being ranked #8 in MLB Pipeline Top 100 and for entering 2018 at the age of 20 playing starting in Double-A. Tatis Jr. has been around the game his whole life with his father playing in the league for 11 years showing him the ways of the show goes. This experience has helped mature Baby Tatis at a faster rate and shows a lot more promise than what his father did. Fernando has the potential to be a routine 20/20 maybe even 30/30 hitter in the show with a flashy glove at SS. In 2017 Tatis Jr. played in 131 games batting .278 with 22 home runs, 75 rbi's, and 32 stolen bases. He did struggle during his time in Double-A, but had a small sample size only playing in 14 games. Tatis Jr. has above average bat speed that has a good feel of getting the barrel to the bat giving him above average power and solid contact to all sides of the field. His speed is also above average on the base pads and on the field covering majority of the left side of the infield. Tatis Jr. was the youngest player to be apart of any Major League camp at 19 years old batting .281 with an opposite field home run. The only problem with Tatis Jr. is if the Padres rush his development, strike-out rate, and youth get the best of him. He will be turning 20 this upcoming season starting out in Double-A with the expectation of breaking into the league around 2019-2020. If the Padres jump him to the bigs or even Triple-A too quickly this could regress his performance and confidence. Also being so young Tatis Jr. could encounter the injury bug or let the media and expectations get to him if he under performs to what we want to see from. For hitting he did strikeout 141 times last season showing some impatience and the league could adjust to that. Tatis Jr. is very young and poised to improve his game more and more so we can Tatis Jr. excel at a faster rate. I could see Tatis Jr. being at a young Troy Tulowitzki level. With Tatis Jr. on the come up and All-Star players 1B Eric Hosmer and OF Will Meyers waiting. We can see San Diego's lineup being a juggernaut in years to come, but only time will tell. Baby Tatis is exciting to watch and hope to see him in the show soon because once he's called up he's never looking back entering his path to stardom.
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