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Tatis Jr. May Be Moving to the Outfield for the San Diego Padres

SI's Tom Verducci shares the short term and long term implications of Fernando Tatis Jr. moving to the outfield for the San Diego Padres

Tom Verducci

Fernando Tatis Jr. has struggled with injuries to his shoulder this season and as a mitigating measure - he could be on his way to the outfield for the Padres. In today's Insider, Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci shares the long and short term implications of Tatis Jr.'s possible move to the outfield.

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Tom Verducci
TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.

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