Fernando Tatis Jr. announced his return in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night.

A loud cheer accompanied the announcement of his name with the Padres’ starting lineup. Then as the team took the field for the top of the first inning, he saluted fans in right field and smacked his glove in excitement. Fernando Tatis Jr. is back. “A lot of butterflies I’ll say,” Tatis told reporters after the game. “I love...

Padres star outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. was sent to the Injured List on Monday with a stress reaction in the quadriceps.

Jake Cronenworth homered with two outs in the ninth inning, San Diego’s fourth homer, and the Padres beat the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers 7-6. Cronenworth’s homer, deep down the right field line off Joel Payamps, came after Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jurickson Profar struck out. Tatis hit a 446-foot homer and added an emphatic bat flip in the fifth inning...

Jackson Merrill is a dude and Fernando Tatis Jr. showed growth as his hitting streak came to an end.

Jackson Merrill is a dude and Fernando Tatis Jr. showed growth as his hitting streak came to an end.

Kyle Higashioka homered leading off the ninth inning and the San Diego Padres beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3. Fernando Tatis Jr. extended his hitting streak to a career-high 17 games, but Jurickson Profar, who entered second in the big leagues in batting and first in the NL in on-base percentage, hurt himself swinging at a pitch leading off the eighth....

Fernando Tatis Jr. homered to extend his career-best hitting streak to 16 games, the longest current streak in the majors, and Dylan Cease won for the first time in six starts as the San Diego Padres beat the Oakland Athletics 6-1. Jake Cronenworth also homered for the Padres, who have hit multiple homers in four straight games. The A’s have...

Nolan Schanuel and Zach Neto homered as the Los Angeles Angels finished off a three-game sweep of San Diego with a 3-2 victory after Padres star Manny Machado injured a leg. The Padres announced after the game Machado suffered a right hip flexor strain. Machado was hurt after running out an attempted double play ball during the fourth inning. He...

Yankees slugger Juan Soto left a note on the right field grass for his former San Diego Padres teammate Fernando Tatis Jr.