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After signing his record 14-year, $340 million contract that will keep him in San Diego through the 2034 campaign, Fernando Tatis Jr. has set himself up to do something that, to some, even now, remains unthinkable: dethrone Tony Gwynn as the greatest Padres player of all-time.
Gwynn spent two decades with the team, earning him the nickname ‘Mr. Padre’. The story is legend. Local kid attends San Diego State, gets drafted by the Padres in the third round of the 1981 MLB Draft and goes on to turn in one of the greatest careers in baseball history.