Analytical reasons behind Padres’ Tatis Jr.’s unreal power drought

Fernando Tatis Jr.'s Power Outage

The Padres are 36 games into their season. Outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. is still searching for his first home run. The 27-year-old has yet to leave the yard despite hitting the ball harder than just about everyone. Tatis was slugging .305 heading into Wednesday, nearly 200 points below his career mark. He has six extra-base hits in 148 plate appearances. Tatis isn’t going to get shut out in the home run column all season. He’s recorded 12 barre…

Analytical reasons behind Padres’ Tatis Jr.’s unreal power drought

MLB analytics guru Mike Petriello joins Blue Jays Central to show the proof in numbers behind the Blue Jays injury woes, and to get to the bottom of Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr.’s power drought, as he’s still searching for No. 1 this season.