Finally, Fernando Tatis Jr. is running without limitations and beginning to pick up at-bats and innings in extended spring training games in Peoria, Ariz. Although the 20-year-old shortstop remains without a timetable for his return from his bothersome hamstring strain, a significant step is around the corner.
As in an official rehab assignment.
“He’s doing well,” Padres manager Andy Green said Friday at the start of a 10-game homestand. “If (extended spring training games) go well, maybe the beginning of next week we look to get him out on a rehab assignment and play some games there.