Fernando Tatis Jr. has yet to formally address his Padres teammates in the wake of his suspension, but Jurickson Profar, one of his closest friends on the team, said he has been speaking with Tatis \"every day.\"
\"He\'s devastated,\" Profar said Thursday when asked about Tatis\' state of mind. \"He feels really bad.\"
Six days earlier MLB announced that Tatis had tested positive for the anabolic steroid Clostebol and thus suspended him for 80 games, ending a season that never began.
Tatis, 23, was in the final stages of his recovery from a wrist injury that he likely sustained during an offseason motorcycle accident. Now he\'s in the process of repairing relationships. That task began on Thursday, with a face-to-face meeting with Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller, a source with knowledge of the situation said. Over the weekend, Tatis is scheduled to meet with Padres chairman Peter Seidler, who signed off on his historic 14-year, $340 million extension in February of 2021.
Tatis is also expected to address his teammates before the end of the week, the source added, but Padres manager Bob Melvin said Thursday that possibility is \"still kind of up for debate, if and when that\'s going to happen.\"
Via espn.com
