The slugger would be available from his injury at the end of his suspension.
Photo: Brandon Vallance/Getty Images
Dominican shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. He underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair the tear he suffered in a tendon in his left shoulder.the San Diego Padres reported Tuesday.
The operation was postponed a first time because Tatis Jr presented feverish and flu symptoms, which the team specified were not related to symptoms of Covid-19.
This injury caused “El Niño” as Tatis Jr. is known, to lose playing time, due to discomfort he experienced when executing his swing exhausting an at-bat or attempting to stop with his arm while sliding down a base run.
Last season, the Padres decided to place the player born 23 years ago in San Pedro de Macorís, in the gardens, in an attempt to prevent this injury from causing discomfort that would take him away from the field of play. a factor they hope will never again be a performance hitch.
The procedure who was seeking repair of the labrum in his left shoulder, has a period recovery estimate ranging from 4 to 6 months, which would not affect the estimated time for his return to the team when the 80-game suspension ends because he violated Major League Baseball’s anti-doping policies.
the versatile Dominican player failed a doping control test and his suspension was announced on August 12by the use of a substance called Clostebol.
Clostebol is a synthetic steroid that is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s banned list for performance enhancement and is part of several medications, most of them wound-healing creams, as well as treating other skin conditions.
Tatis Jr., who before his suspension was recovering from an injury to one of his wrists, which occurred when he fell off a motorcycle during the major league offseasonmet with the press on August 23, dwhere he admitted that he had made a mistake and to answer for it.
“At the end of the day, there are no excuses. I’m really sorry. I’ve left a lot of people in a bad way,” the player said at the time. Despite the failings of Tatis Jr. the team has said publicly that it hopes to have its star shortstop to the fullest of conditions in the next Major League season.
You may also like
–It almost ended in tragedy: Gilberto Celestino was close to “blowing” Gary Sánchez’s head with a hit [VIDEO]
–Randy Arozarena will be present at the World Baseball Classic with Mexico
-Unusual! Player is announced as reinforcement for an LBM team and for another foreign club at the same time