San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. has recorded one of the highest hard-hit rates in Major League Baseball this season. Despite the strong contact, he has yet to hit a home run and is batting just .242 with an OPS+ of 71.
Tatis ranks fourth in hard-hit rate at 59.0 percent, trailing only Munetaka Murakami, Oneil Cruz and James Wood. He has made solid contact more frequently than stars such as Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. After an 0-for-4 performance on Wednesday in San Francisco, he carries a .242/.311/.295 slash line into Thursday's series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals in San Diego. The Padres have dropped him to fifth in the batting order, his lowest spot since 2019.