San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. is disappointed he has yet to hit a home run this season despite hitting the ball harder than almost everyone in baseball.
"Just not happy," Tatis said, according to The Athletic's Dennis Lin. "I'm going through it, and I'm just trying to figure it out."
Tatis hasn't homered since going deep Sept. 27, 2025, against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 27-year-old is second in the majors in hard-hit percentage this season and leads MLB in hits of 95 mph or higher, according to Baseball Savant.
"I've never seen that before," Padres bench coach Randy Knorr said. "Every night, he's just crushing balls, and it happens to be at somebody out there. And you kind of feel bad for him because he's working hard every day, and you feel like if a couple of them would just drop for him, he can get on a roll."
Tatis led the National League in home runs in 2021 with 42, and his lowest season total of round-trippers was 17 during the shortened 2020 campaign.
"I'm doing everything," Tatis said. "Hitting early, doing batting practice, after (games). It still doesn't turn around. I don't know. Trying to figure it out."
The Padres are winning despite Tatis' lack of homers and slow starts from Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill. San Diego enters Thursday second in the NL West with a 19-11 record, a half-game back of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
"It's not just about the big guys," Tatis said. "To go all the way and to perform in this long marathon, you need a whole team to win ballgames."
