Fernando Tatis

Fernando Tatis

27-Year-Old OutfielderOF
San Diego Padres
2026 Stats
AVG
.284
HR
5
RBI
35
R
44
SB
23
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
Tatis finally produced a full season of results in his sixth year of playing at the big league level. Shoulder injuries and suspensions robbed him of playing time in previous seasons, but Tatis avoided those maladies in 2025 in an effort to get the Padres deep into October baseball. Those aspirations did not materialize, as the Padres were quickly eliminated from the postseason, but Tatis set new career highs in steals with 32 and runs with 111. The increased time on base (.368 OBP) helped both of those marks, as Tatis rediscovered his presuspension plate discipline and got back to accepting the walks to utilize his base-running abilities. The 42 homers from 2021 already were looking suspicious with the hindsight of his PED suspension, but 2025 saw Tatis hit at least 20 homers for a third consecutive postsuspension season as well as for the fourth time in his career. While he seems a little older, he turns 27 over the winter and will once again hit either first or second in the San Diego lineup. A repeat of his 25-25 season absolutely is possible and a 30-30 season is a stretch goal for this profile, but envisioning above and beyond that would be greedy. Read Past Outlooks
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From Preseason
#14
ADP
League Majors
Bats R
Throws R
40 Man Yes
Height 6'3"
Weight 217
DOB 1/2/1999
Born San Pedro de Macoris, DR
College None
Drafted 2015 CWS
Signed a 14-year, $340 million contract extension with the Padres in February of 2021.
Two steals in Wednesday's win
OFSan Diego Padres
July 8, 2026
Tatis went 2-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch, one RBI, two stolen bases and two runs scored in Wednesday's 10-4 win over the Diamondbacks.
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Tatis has gone 9-for-32 (.281) with four steals and four doubles over eight games in July. He looks to be back to playing a full-time role in the outfield after seeing significant time at second base when Jake Cronenworth was out. Tatis is now 23-for-32 on the basepaths this season, and he's added a .284 average, .730 OPS, five home runs, 35 RBI, 44 runs scored, 19 doubles and one triple over 91 contests.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
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vs RHP
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#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
37
28
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
14
6
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+10%
OPS vs RHP
2026
 
 
+23%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+17%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+29%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .740 379 46 9 22 14 .244 .359 .381
Since 2024vs Right .815 1148 173 42 133 52 .284 .352 .463
2026vs Left .861 76 8 2 5 3 .304 .368 .493
2026vs Right .698 322 36 3 30 20 .279 .340 .359
2025vs Left .723 185 24 5 12 8 .229 .357 .366
2025vs Right .845 506 87 20 59 24 .281 .372 .474
2024vs Left .682 118 14 2 5 3 .224 .356 .327
2024vs Right .881 320 50 19 44 8 .293 .334 .547
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+12%
OPS at Home
2026
 
 
+26%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+18%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+6%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .844 760 106 32 83 41 .277 .369 .476
Since 2024Away .753 767 113 19 72 25 .272 .339 .414
2026Home .816 197 16 2 20 14 .324 .398 .418
2026Away .648 201 28 3 15 9 .247 .294 .355
2025Home .885 341 58 17 41 21 .272 .390 .495
2025Away .748 350 53 8 30 11 .264 .346 .402
2024Home .808 222 32 13 22 6 .244 .311 .498
2024Away .858 216 32 8 27 5 .310 .370 .487
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Stat Review
How does Fernando Tatis compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.40
 
BB Rate
8.0%
 
K Rate
20.4%
 
BABIP
.349
 
ISO
.101
 
AVG
.284
 
OBP
.345
 
SLG
.385
 
OPS
.730
 
wOBA
.324
 
Exit Velocity
90.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
37.4%
 
Barrels/PA
3.8%
 
Expected BA
.274
 
Expected SLG
.394
 
Sprint Speed
23.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
51.1%
 
Line Drive %
20.1%
 
Fly Ball %
28.8%
 
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A femoral stress reaction in Tatis' right quadricep cost the shortstop-turned-outfielder more than two months of the 2024 season. He showed little rust down the stretch, however, slugging .578 with seven home runs in his final 22 regular-season games. He didn't stop there, adding four homers in seven postseason contests. Overall, his running was down; Tatis' stolen-base total fell from a career-high 29 to 11 last season as his sprint speed ranked in the 77th percentile. Whether related to prior PED use or not, the simple fact is that over the past two seasons Tatis has not come close to replicating the kind of rate power we saw from him before his wrist injury and subsequent PED suspension in 2022. The good news is that neither the power nor the speed need to fully return for Tatis to return to fantasy superstardom. It would just be nice if he took advantage of those bigger bases and new rules limited pickoff attempts in his remaining prime years.
Tatis sat out the first 20 games of 2023 while serving the remainder of his PED suspension, though he still set a career high with 141 games played after missing the entirety of 2022 with shoulder and wrist injuries in addition to the suspension. The 25-year-old finished the first half with 16 homers, 14 steals and an .871 OPS, but he hit just .225 with nine homers and 15 steals in 71 contests after the All-Star break. It was still a productive season overall, but his above-average 113 wRC+ is a far cry from the elite 154 figure he posted across his first three big-league campaigns. The encouraging news is that Tatis was able to stay healthy in 2023, and he started in all but two games following the suspension. He also made a seamless transition to having right field be his primary position, and he led the league with 29 defensive runs saved. Tatis is a strong rebound candidate for 2024 following a down second half, though it may be optimistic to expect him to regain his 2019-21 form, when he was arguably the best hitter in MLB.
Tatis may possibly be the biggest fantasy wildcard of 2023. He will be coming off an 80-game suspension for PEDs that will end earlier than initially projected since the Padres went deep into the NL playoffs. Tatis is now projected to be back on the active roster in late April, but he has also undergone two different surgeries this winter. He finally had that troublesome shoulder operated on as well as his left wrist. You add in the complexity of missing the entire 2022 season with his off-the-field antics leading to injury, the suspension and two surgeries, and we are left with the question of how early someone will take the risk on a top-five talent in a draft. The upside remains huge, but nobody can be blamed for passing on this maelstrom of risks, as we have rarely seen so many red flags at one time with a player, let alone one of his caliber. The projections will likely look conservative for his talents, but with good reason. Simply put, he is going to make or break many fantasy teams in 2023.
Tatis is now firmly entrenched in the conversation for the top player in fantasy baseball, but he is not without risk. Tatis scared us early in 2021 with a shoulder dislocation on a swing and the attached rumors he may need major surgery to correct it. It was the fifth time over the last calendar year Tatis had partially dislocated his shoulder. All he did around that was go out and post a monster fantasy season in 130 games and leave us wondering how awesome his numbers would have been if he played an entire season. Besides the ever-present fear of his shoulder popping out, his strikeouts are not getting much better, which puts a cap on how high his batting average can go in theory. Tim Anderson scoffs at that theory. Simply put, Tatis is an elite-level offensive talent who has the skills to put together the first 40-40 season since Alfonso Soriano in 2006, as long as his shoulder doesn't get worse.
Tatis was arguably the best player in baseball for much of the 2020 campaign, but a late-season swoon (.164/.242/.291 slash line over his final 62 PA) cost the youngster a legitimate shot at the NL MVP award. Still, Tatis solidified his reputation as one of the game's most exciting stars, finishing among a group of six players to register double-digit homers (17) and steals (11) in the shortened campaign. There's little Tatis doesn't do well; he consistently smashes the ball, ranking first among qualified hitters with a 62.2 Hard% and 95.9 mph average exit velocity and placing second with a 19.5% barrel rate last season. He also ranked in the 98th percentile in sprint speed, portending many years of juicy power-speed numbers to come. That's the kind of combination fantasy managers salivate over, so don't be surprised if Tatis goes first overall in a fair number of leagues ahead of the 2021 season.
In his rookie campaign, Tatis blew away the lofty expectations that accompanied his rise up the prospect rankings. Among players with 300 or more plate appearances, Tatis placed 11th in wRC+ (150) while ranking in the top 15 in traditional metrics such as batting average (.317), slugging percentage (.590) and OPS (.969). The phenom was limited to 84 games due to a pair of stints on the injured list, but when healthy he flashed an impressive combination of speed and power, swatting 22 home runs and utilizing baseball's 18th-best sprint speed (29.3 ft/s) to swipe 16 bases. Tatis' high strikeout rate (29.6%) and unsustainable BABIP (.410) portend some batting-average regression, but he'll be only 21 years old on Opening Day and should improve his plate discipline as he matures. Even with some imperfections, Tatis possesses the necessary tools to be a legitimate 30-30 threat for many seasons to come.
Tatis has had a lot of success (133 wRC+ at Double-A as a 19-year-old) relative to age and level, but there are red flags in his profile that are not shared by the game's other elite prospects. He has a 27.9% strikeout rate at Double-A and only 26.7% of his hits went to the opposite field last year. His physical gifts can't be taught (easy plus power, above-average speed and athleticism) and he didn't turn 20 until Jan. 2, but his approach undeniably needs some work. Tatis could eventually provide Trevor Story-esque production at shortstop, but there will likely be some bumps along the road against big-league pitching. He missed the final six weeks of 2018 with a broken thumb, but was ready for winter ball and will open 2019 at Triple-A. The Padres say they will keep him on a fast track, but unless there is significant skills growth with his approach, he should not be expected to hit for a high average against big-league pitching if he debuts this summer.
Tatis became the first 18-year-old in the modern era to post a 20-20 season in the Midwest League. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound quick-twitch athlete may have slightly misled dynasty-league owners with his 21-homer, 29-steal campaign. He projects to be a 30-homer threat in the majors, but his steal totals should decline annually as he continues to mature physically. It is extremely rare for players his age to hit for that kind of power at Low-A while also showcasing a quality approach (124:75 K:BB). He could struggle to hit much higher than .275, but given his age, athleticism and aptitude for making adjustments, anything is possible on that front. The same could be said for his ability to stick at shortstop, as many expect him to eventually end up at third base, but such a move is unlikely to be made for at least a couple years. He is on track to enter 2019 alongside another junior (Vladimir Guerrero) as a top-three prospect in baseball.
At the time of the trade, it seemed that the Padres were simply getting salary relief and a low-level minor league throw-in from the White Sox for James Shields. Now, general manager A.J. Preller can point to his acquisition of Tatis as one of his best moves in what has been a calendar year full of excellent maneuvers. He was an above-average hitter as a 17-year-old in both the Arizona and Northwest leagues last year, and is still just scratching the surface of his potential. Tatis is already 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, so he will likely grow out of shortstop, but his bat should be good enough for him to profile as at least an average regular at third base. So far he has shown more speed than power, but that will not be the case for much longer. Tatis could offer 25-30 homer pop as he continues to mature physically. His future value will hinge on the continued development of his bat, but he is well ahead of schedule.
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Trio of hits in win
OFSan Diego Padres
July 5, 2026
Tatis went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, a run scored and a steal in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Dodgers.
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Goes deep twice in loss
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June 30, 2026
Tatis went 2-for-5 with a pair of solo home runs Tuesday in a loss to the Cubs.
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Two extra-base hits Tuesday
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Tatis went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, a double, a second RBI and two total runs scored in Tuesday's 7-6 extra-inning win over Atlanta.
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Taking seat Sunday
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June 21, 2026
Tatis is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers.
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Leads offense in win
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June 17, 2026
Tatis went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a stolen base in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Cardinals.
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Tipped to have big second half
OFSan Diego Padres
July 8, 2026
Tatis is among the hitters who could have a big second half in the 2026 MLB season after a slow start, per Brent Maguire of MLB.com.
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Tatis' start has been notoriously slow, as he didn't launch his first home run until May 30 against the Nationals, but it seems he's turned things around since that blast. Tatis is hitting .299 with an .827 OPS since that game, however, so he's already showing signs of bouncing back. A return to form from the star outfielder would undoubtedly increase the Padres' playoff chances in a crowded NL Wild Card race.
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