Fernando Tatis Jr.

“You just learn. The more you are playing, the more you decide to pay attention.”

“The City of San Diego embraced me from Day 1. I felt the love... it was mucho right away. I said, 'This is home, this is home.'”

“I mean, 30 out of 30 right fielders in the big leagues used to have a cannon. They would control the game on the back end. I can be one of those guys.”

“People are just looking for that natural hype, and when they see players playing their game to their fullest, giving everything they have, that's all they want to see.”

“When you look good, you play good.”

“Being able just to embrace the fans, to enjoy it, to embrace everything that comes with it, not only the good things. And knowing that at the end of the day, this is a show. This is entertainment and we play this game for them.”

“I know what I'm capable of doing when I'm on the baseball field. And I can repeat it every single day.”

“Being able to play the game at different parts has always been on my checklist.”

“Even at first base, if they throw me out there, I would know what to do.”

“My dad taught me since a young age how to play every position.”

“I always like to aim high. I always like to aim for crazy, crazy numbers and stats like that.”

“We are all just hungry for the game.”

“I stay pretty active, plenty of stretching.”

“In my dreams, the players I admire the most, they stay on one team, they build a culture, and they become winners with that team.”

“There's times you can give a little bit back to the fans.”

“I'm just ready for my fastball, every time. They hang it, I've just got to put a good swing on it.”

“Sometimes, this game makes you forget how good of a hitter I am, being able to hit the ball to all parts of the field.”

“I feel like that wouldn't be fair to my dad and the people that would have wasted their time with me, training me, teaching me this game, giving me these things that helped me. And to God that gave me the talent. It wouldn't be fair to everybody to not be doing everything that I'm capable of.”

“You need to find a way to maintain yourself every single day.”

“I like hitting first.”