The San Diego shortstop spoke with Padres manager, Bob Melvin, on the phone Saturday.
As for whether he wants Tatis to address teammates, the skipper replied: 'I don't know where and when that would potentially happen, so I'm not sure at this point.' .
First-year Padres skipper Bob Melvin still has San Diego in the hunt for a NL playoff place.
Melvin figures those new faces will help make the absence of Tatis for the remainder of this season (along with the start of next season) easier to deal with
So that's kind of how you have to treat the Tatis situation.'
'You didn't really 100% for sure know how he was going to respond once he did come back and start playing,' Melvin said.
Padres pitcher Mike Clevinger was far from impressed with the Tatis situation postgame Friday