The first official home run of Fernando Tatis Jr.’s career came in his fifth game on April 1, 2019, against the Diamondbacks, but that is not the first time he went deep in a major-league stadium. That came nearly two decades earlier—when he was a toddling two year old. The youthful Tatis was at Camden Yards in Baltimore in June 2001, following his father and the rest of the Montreal Expos there for a three-game series. Before the series finale on June 10, Tatis was slugging phantom home runs off his father’s agent at the ballpark, showing off a polished swing that was a sign of things to come. The White Sox plucked him out of the Dominican Republic 14 years later as a 16 year old, and the young phenom was included on the 2016 Bowman Chrome Prospects checklist. One of the scarcest parallels of that card is available in this month’s Premier Auction—a BGS 9.5, Auto 10 example of his /25 Orange Refractor Rookie Auto. This printing praises his five-tool prowess and baseball pedigree. After being traded to the Padres, Tatis established himself as a well-rounded MVP candidate. And this card will likely establish itself as a popular target with modern baseball collectors this month.
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