The San Antonio Missions finished the month of April by losing to the Midland Rockhounds by a score of 4-3. Their starting shortstop, Fernando Tatis, Jr, went 0-4 at the plate with two strikeouts, dropping his batting average to .177. The top prospect of the San Diego Padres closed the door on April and hasn’t looked back since.
Tatis finished April with a slash line of .177/.231/.333/.564 with three home runs, four doubles, and a 34/6 K/BB ratio. Now halfway through May, Tatis is slashing .333/.441/.719/1.160 in 14 games.
In 40 fewer at-bats than he had in all of April, Tatis has hit five doubles and five home runs.