Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. receives bold polar-opposite HR prediction for May

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The San Diego Padres are in the middle of a strong season, with Maason Miller being the highlight, as he's shutting down teams at the end of games for the Padres.

But one player is struggling mightily so far this season for the Padres: superstar outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. Through April, Tatis still has yet to hit a home run.

However, Zachary D. Rymer of Bleacher Report is predicting that Tatis will not just hit his first homer in May, but he will lead the entire league in HRs to have polar opposite months to begin the season.

Tatis predicted to lead MLB in HR in May

"Fernando Tatis Jr. will lead MLB in homers," Rymer writes. "Getting more under the ball is thus the only thing standing between Tatis and a proper dinger deluge."

There are a few players this season who have yet to hit a homer other than Tatis this year. Luis Arraez and both haven't hit one out yet. But those two make sense as contact-first hitters with weaker exit-velocities.