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Look: Fernando Tatis Jr. Takes First Batting Practice Since Surgery

Padres star Fernando Tatís Jr. participated in a full batting practice on Tuesday for the first time since his March surgery on his fractured left wrist.

The 23-year-old got the O.K. from his doctors at the end of June that he could begin swinging a bat again a couple weeks after, and that day came almost a month later.

The Athletic’s Dennis Lin reported that Tatís Jr. hit around a dozen baseballs over the wall to the left. Afterwards, the shortstop said his batting practice “looked good.