Major League Baseball announced Friday evening that San Diego Padres superstar shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. has been suspended for 80 games after he tested positive for Clostebol, a banned substance.
The failed performance-enhancing drug test will cost Tatis the remainder of this season (regular and post), and the beginning of the 2023 season.
It’s a shocking development surrounding one of baseball’s most prominent stars. Tatis slashed .282/.364/.611 with 42 home runs, 97 RBIs and a 7.3 fWAR. A wrist injury had prevented the 23-year-old from playing yet this season, but the expectation had been that he would join the Padres in the waning weeks of the pennant race.