{"id":580485,"date":"2026-04-12T22:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/580485\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T22:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:04:11","slug":"nl-west-notes-tatis-arraez-hentges-snell-edman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/580485\/","title":{"rendered":"NL West Notes: Tatis, Arraez, Hentges, Snell, Edman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/a> was 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in yesterday\u2019s 9-5 Padres win over the Rockies, but the most notable aspect of Tatis\u2019 game was his role as San Diego\u2019s starting second baseman.\u00a0 It was just Tatis\u2019 second career big league game at second base and his first start at the position, and the move came about since shortstop Xander Bogaerts<\/a> had a day off.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWe felt like Tatis was the best option at second base, and the most fun and exciting option at second base,\u201d manager Craig Stammen told The Athletic\u2019s Dennis Lin<\/a> and other reporters, as the Padres look for ways to juggle their lineup, find at-bats for everyone, and keep their players fresh.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, Tatis isn\u2019t leaving his regular right field spot any time soon, but getting the odd game in at the keystone can add to his already high defensive value.\u00a0 Stammen also suggested that the position change might get Tatis rolling after a slow start at the plate, and Tatis\u2019 three-hit night indicates that the tactic may have worked.<\/p>\n

More from around the NL West\u2026<\/p>\n

X-rays were negative on Luis Arraez<\/a>\u2018s right wrist after the Giants second baseman was removed from yesterday\u2019s game.\u00a0 An unusual play<\/a> at second base saw Dylan Beavers<\/a> accidentally kick Arraez in the hand while trying to avoid a tag in the bottom of the fourth inning, and Arraez was removed before the bottom of the fifth.\u00a0 Arraez is day-to-day for now, and since the Giants don\u2019t play on Monday, it seems likely that he\u2019ll be held out of today\u2019s lineup to get two full days of recuperation.\u00a0 After signing a one-year, $12MM free agent deal with San Francisco, Arraez is off to a nice start with his new team, hitting .304\/.339\/.393 over his first 63 plate appearances.
\nSam Hentges<\/a> also joined the Giants on a one-year, $1.4MM deal this offseason, and the reliever looks to finally be nearing his first game action of any kind since August 2024, as the A-level San Jose Giants announced<\/a> that Hentges is joining the team on a rehab assignment.\u00a0 Hentges posted a 2.93 ERA, 27.7% strikeout rate, and 7.5% walk rate over 138 innings out of the Guardians\u2019 pen in 2022-24, but his career was then put on hold by a shoulder surgery in September 2024, and then an arthroscopic right knee surgery last September.\u00a0 The left-hander\u2019s rehab assignment figures to be pretty lengthy given how long Hentges has been sidelined, but he could be an intriguing x-factor in San Francisco\u2019s bullpen when healthy.
\nBlake Snell<\/a> threw a 15-pitch simulated inning yesterday, facing live batters for the first time since Game 7 of the World Series.\u00a0 Snell began the season on the Dodgers\u2018 15-day injured list due to shoulder fatigue, and he said<\/a> a month ago following his first Spring Training bullpen session that he was aiming to make his season debut before the end of April.\u00a0 That timeline might be delayed slightly, as manager Dave Roberts<\/a> told MLB.com\u2019s Courtney Hollmon<\/a> and other reporters that he team wants to see Snell built up in throwing sessions to the equivalent of four innings before Snell goes on a rehab assignment.
\nTommy Edman<\/a> was one of the batters at the plate during Snell\u2019s sim inning, which also marked the first time Edman had faced live pitching since he underwent ankle surgery last November.\u00a0 Edman began the season on the 10-day injured list but Roberts told Hollmon and company that the Dodgers aren\u2019t expecting Edman back until closer to the end of May since he is \u201cnot at full speed\u201d yet in terms of running.\u00a0 The timing means that Edman could be shifted to the 60-day IL at some point if Los Angeles needs a 40-man roster spot, though that decision won\u2019t be made until Edman is deeper into the recovery process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Tatis Jr. was 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in yesterday\u2019s 9-5 Padres win over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[8974,57684,59685,162707,99,8968],"class_list":{"0":"post-580485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-blake-snell","9":"tag-fernando-tatis-jr","10":"tag-luis-arraez","11":"tag-sam-hentges","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tommy-edman"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}