The Prince who could not be king: Where is Fernando Tatis Jr.?

After a surprising start of the season, the figure of “El Niño” has completely disappeared, eclipsed by the inconsistency and shadow of the Dodgers.

The story of Fernando Tatis Jr. in Major Leagues It is one that many seasons are missing for being written, but so far, what has been seen has been, at least, extremely interesting.

Tatis Jr. It was for a moment, the undoubted baseball face. Has shown that it is among the elite of the players of Major Leaguesbut situations related to your health and a suspension for violating the substance use protocol to improve performance, negatively affected your image and made it lose a whole year of career.

Upon his return, Tatis Jr. He was no longer seen as the baseball face. Except for fans of San Diego Padresthe suspension transformed the perception of Tatis Jr. that existed, which led to the fact that it was booed in all the stages of MLB When he was a visitor and although he always had the right attitude of not being affected by what the rival fans said, things have never been the same for him.

Therefore, 2025 marks a very important year in the Dominican race. This season gives the opportunity to demonstrate that it can be healthy during a whole campaign, which has achieved so far, but unfortunately, the performance of who was going to be the king of baseball, has completely disappeared.

Tatis Jr. The year began spectacularly. During the first 29 games, he hit .345 with OPS of 1,011, eight homers and 18 towed, being an elementary part of the great start of the campaign of the Parents. Then the month of May arrived and the Dominican gardener suffered immensely to generate offensive, hitting for alone .184 with .626 in 26 games. However, it has recovered land, again, in the month of June with .293 and PAHO of .785 in June.

That rises and low of performance has been another of the things that are pointed out to Tatis Jr. His ability to stay for a period of time as one of the best batters in the game and shortly after, it simply disappears.

The big problem of Tatis Jr. It is that despite all its talent, all its performance and everything that has shown that Pede does in the field, it is still under the expectations not fulfilled that there are with Parents And they have not been able to fulfill and even worse, it is still under the great shadow of Los Angeles Dodgerswho remain a real headache for San Diego.

The talent of Tatisas it has been repeated several times, it is undeniable. His mission is to be able to demonstrate that a level can go later, become everything that at one time understood that it can be at the same time, erase all the doubts that exist with him, in order to guide San Diego to meet the expectations that weigh on the team.

As long as I can’t do it, Tatis Jr. It will remain as the prince who could not be king.