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Why Fernando Tatis Jr. is playing second base for Padres — and how it's even dumber than it seems

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Why Fernando Tatis Jr. is playing second base for Padres — and how it's even dumber than it seems originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .

When the San Diego Padres ' lineup card came out on Saturday, everyone did a double take. Does that say Fernando Tatis Jr. at...

second base? Yes, yes it does. The Padres' lineup looks like this: Ramon Laureano LF Fernando Tatis Jr.

2B Jackson Merrill CF Manny Machado 3B Nick Castellanos RF Gavin Sheets 1B Miguel Andujar DH Freddy Fermin C Jake Cronenworth SS It actually makes pretty much no sense. MORE: Aaron Judge's case as the greatest right-handed hitter of all time Why is Fernando Tatis playing second base? Tatis is playing second base rather than right field, it appears, to get Nick Castellanos in the lineup.