San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive for COVID-19, manager Jayce Tingler said Tuesday, and has been added to the injured list due to health and safety protocols.
Tatis currently has no symptoms, according to Tingler. Per MLB’s health and safety protocols, in order to return to the team, Tatis must isolate for 10 days, remain completely asymptomatic throughout that period, undergo a cardiac evaluation, and the joint committee must then determine that he does not pose a risk for infection.
Utility players Jurickson Profar and Jorge Mateo were also placed on the injured list as part of the contact tracing protocol. They must quarantine for seven days, remain asymptomatic and test negative on a PCR diagnostic test on Day 5 or later.
San Diego was expected to make corresponding moves later in the day.
Tatis spent time on the injured list last month with inflammation in his left shoulder. He leads the Padres with nine homers and 23 runs.
The 22-year-old has flourished on the road this season, hitting .385 with six homers and 10 RBIs. His 1.302 OPS on the road is the second-best mark in the majors of any player with at least 40 plate appearances, trailing only Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant (1.364).
Profar has reached base safely in eight of his past 10 games. He’s hitting .234 this season with one homer.
Mateo was called upon as a pinch hitter in the ninth Sunday in San Francisco. He had an RBI double in San Diego’s 11-1 win.
He’s hitting .400 over his past six games.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.