The Padres haven't committed to Tatis in right, but they don't need to rush into a decision since he won't be active until April 20 at the conclusion of his 80-game, performance-enhancing drug suspension.
There were some familiar faces in new places Tuesday as teams picked up the pace on the second day of spring training.
Soto, who came over from Washington in an Aug. 2 trade, will be moving back to left field after playing right field the last three seasons. The Padres don't need to rush into a decision on Tatis since he won't be active until April 20. He's a full participant in spring training after surgery on his troublesome left shoulder in early September, not quite a month after being suspended following a positive test for a performance-enhancing drug. Tatis made 16 starts in right field and seven starts in center field in 2021, when the Padres temporarily moved him from shortstop after he injured his shoulder.
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