A baseball player has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for a performance enhancing substance.
The suspension is effective immediately.
The Padres were surprised and disappointed to learn that Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive for a performance enhancing substance and received an 80 game suspension without pay. We are very supportive of the program and hope Fernando learns from it.
The centerpiece of multiple marketing campaigns and in the second season of a 14-year, $340 million contract, Tatis, 23, is one of the biggest stars in Major League Baseball.
It is possible for the suspension to end his year before it began, as he is currently on a minor league rehabilitation assignment after missing the first four months of the season with a broken wrist.
After finishing fourth in the National League's Most Valuable Player voting in his second year in the league, a player who won legions of fans with his power, speed and penchant for the spectacular, and who emerged as a star in his 20th birthday season, a 6-foot 3, 220 He signed a record deal last year and finished third in the Most Valuable Player voting, solidifying himself as one of the game's best players.
After hiring Bob Melvin as their new manager, the Padres hoped for a bright future. He fractured his wrist in a motorcycle accident and had to have surgery. San Diego vowed to take his rehabilitation slowly and was teeming with anticipation of a lineup with Tatis leading off.
He's owed $324 million for the next dozen seasons. There is a no-trade clause through the year 2000. In 273 career games, Tatis is batting.292 with 81 home runs, 192 runs and 52 stolen bases.
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