Fernando Tatis Jr. popped for PEDs: Best memes & tweets.
It was shaping up to be a quiet Friday night and then BAM, news broke that Fernando Tatis Jr. had been popped for Clostebol and suspended a whopping 80 games.
The man who many feel to be one of the best players in the MLB today might have an asterisk next to his stats for the rest of his life now.
Twitter has a field day with Fernando Tatis Jr. PED news
And Twitter was pissed … and amused.
Padres fans when they thought they were gonna get Tatis back soon pic.twitter.com/VQaegTID6j
— Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Enjoyer (@backgoesupton) August 12, 2022
What a time, folks, what a time. Just as it seemed Tatis was ready, a major u-turn for one of the highest-paid players. #MLB https://t.co/CG4BG1nbiW
— Daniel Yanofsky (@DanYanofsky) August 12, 2022
https://twitter.com/Pikachu_Rangers/status/1558226690458910723?s=20&t=Mh1yVdd7-_PBSRvX7VQ0zw
https://twitter.com/KevinGMiller_/status/1558228486896046080?s=20&t=rSZrwn-umMRwW9x3eDkONQ
Padres fans after seeing the Fernando Tatis news: pic.twitter.com/vcJiXC1lQN
— Legion Sports Management (@thelegionsm) August 12, 2022
Very excited for Tatis' statement where he says he accidentally took medicine he didn't know had steroids in it
— Eric Hubbs (@BarstoolHubbs) August 12, 2022
tatis taking PEDs to play for a team that’s 16 games back pic.twitter.com/63SonjVjew
— genevieve (@gen2vieve) August 12, 2022
Tatis was THE biggest star in baseball coming into this year, he was growing the sport and we lost a season of him because of a fuckin motor cycle accident and PEDs, absolutely brutal
— gabe (@PlayoffTanaka_) August 12, 2022
Following the news the Padres released a statement, “We were surprised and extremely disappointed to learn today that Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Prevention and Treatment Program and subsequently received an 80-game suspension without pay. We fully support the Program and are hopeful that Fernando will learn from this experience.”