SAN DIEGO — Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. on Tuesday spoke publicly for the first time since he was suspended for a positive PED test.
"I have let so many people down," he said. "I have lost so much love from people. I have failed the front office of the San Diego Padres, I have failed Peter Seidler, I have failed A.J. Preller. I have failed every fan, I have failed my country, I have my family."
Tatis also said he will have surgery to repair the labrum tear in his left shoulder. He had declined to have the surgery this past offseason.
