{"id":560205,"date":"2026-02-07T21:32:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/560205\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T21:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:32:33","slug":"fernando-tatis-jr-to-make-2026-mvp-run-analyst-says-its-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/560205\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernando Tatis Jr. to make 2026 MVP run? Analyst says it&#8217;s possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/mlb\/san-diego-padres\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Padres<\/a> are hoping that superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/mlb\/players\/b2df09a7\/fernando-tatis-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernando Tatis Jr<\/a>. can turn into a legit MVP candidate once again. Tatis finished third in MVP voting in 2021, but has had difficulties staying on the field since then.<\/p>\n<p>People in the media have been trying to say he can be an MVP candidate every offseason. Once again, some in the media believe it is possible. Ben Verlander says that Tatis will make a run for it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI think [Fernando Tatis Jr. is] one of a few players that could push for an MVP award in the National League this year.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenVerlander?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@BenVerlander<\/a> breaks down his Top 10 Right Fielders list. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HphkHOdyrE\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/HphkHOdyrE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h34pXfzI0D\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/h34pXfzI0D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetwork\/status\/2020227816885809177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, he just turned 27 years old, he is still extremely young,\u201d Verlander said. \u201cHis baseball savant page is just a beauty across the board. What he has done, going from shortstop to right field, it is not easy to say \u2018go play out there.&#8217; What he did to go out there and win a platinum glove is remarkable. He cut down on his K percentage last year, and all of his other metrics are off the charts. I think [Fernando Tatis Jr. is] one of a few players that could push for an MVP award in the National League this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tatis is moving through all the chaos from years past when he was suspended for PEDs. That mistake will always be with him, and he&#8217;s had a hard time playing consistent baseball since. His ceiling is extremely high, and he is very capable of turning into one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/mlb\/san-diego-padres\/padres-news-fernando-tatis-jr-expects-special-2026-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">game&#8217;s best all-around players<\/a>. His defense in right field is dominant, while he can produce a 35-homer, 100-RBI, and .800+ OPS season with ease. We just need to see him avoid the injury bug and play consistent baseball.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Diego Padres are hoping that superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. can turn into a legit MVP candidate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2407],"tags":[5,920,4,43,137,18,4339,4338],"class_list":{"0":"post-560205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego-padres","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-fernando-tatis-jr","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-padres","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-san-diego-padres","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-sandiegopadres"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116031495562123100","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}