Fernando Tatis Jr. received off to a sluggish begin this season and was hitting simply .233 with six dwelling runs on Might 1, however he has turned it round currently and has been one of many hottest hitters in baseball over the previous few weeks.
His run has been so deadly that he’s shortly reasserting himself among the many recreation’s finest and his numbers have been nothing wanting eye-popping throughout this streak.
Underdog MLB shared a put up on Twitter highlighting how dominant Tatis has been throughout his present 16-game hitting streak, declaring that he has hit .413 over that stretch with 5 dwelling runs, 9 RBI, and 12 runs scored.
Fernando Tatis Jr. throughout 16-game hit streak:
.413 AVG5 HR9 RBI12 runs
Tatis homered once more in final night time’s 6-1 win over the Oakland A’s for his second consecutive recreation with a house run and third in his final 4.
His OPS has risen from .736 to .829 in the course of the streak and his common has climbed from .244 to .280, and he’s now hitting .439 within the month of June with a 1.305 OPS.
Tatis was off-the-charts particular in his first three seasons earlier than lacking all of 2022 attributable to a failed steroid check and an harm suffered in a bike accident, and upon his return final season, he didn’t appear like the identical participant for probably the most half.
This stretch has reminded followers of what a particular expertise Tatis is, and it has been much-needed for a Padres group that’s now with out Xander Bogaerts for an prolonged stretch and remains to be dealing with the lack of Juan Soto this offseason.
Let’s see how lengthy he can maintain this streak going.