MLB: Would Padres seek to ‘renegotiate’ part of Fernando Tatis Jr.’s contract?

The San Diego Padres haven’t had the best of times since the deadline of changes: They have a losing record, some of the players they changed for, as Josh Haderhave had poor performances and as the icing on the cake, the suspension of Fernando Tatis Jr. for using prohibited substances, which has been news that shook both the organization like MLB.

The truth is that Tatis has been the subject of much criticism and has paid the price both in credibility and monetarily, since not only has he received a lesson from his teammates, fans and the press, but the 80 games that he will be suspended will be without enjoyment. salary and recently lost sponsorship from Adidas. Now the question is, will the Padres seek to renegotiate Tatis Jr.’s contract?

According to information from Jon Heyman of MLB Network through his column in The New York Post, the Padres’ management would like to see a renegotiation of Tatis Jr.’s contract, since they believe that the player has shown a lack of commitment. since he signed his 14-year, $340 million mega deal, but they see the possibility as ‘highly unlikely’.

The reason is that being a guaranteed contract, he would need the approval of both the player and the MLBPA to accept a salary reduction, which seems highly unlikely, in addition to the fact that Tatis would not seek to reduce his future earnings, since he would only stop winning $5 million during his suspension, with his salary gradually rising over the years.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie at Al Bat in early 2018 and am in my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I’m a fan of the San Francisco Giants, number one defender of Barry Bonds, and hater of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to have the World Series taken from them for their cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy football, flag football, basketball, and just about any other game that involves a ball or ball. I’m also an amateur musician, a penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the world capital of shrimp, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived for a while in Australia; I survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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