This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/padres as Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr Gets Brutally Honest: 'I Need To Get Better'. San Diego Padres All-Star right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. is on the longest home run drought of his career, and spoke about his need to perform better to help the team.

That hitter is Fernando Tatis Jr., and in a recent piece from Eno Sarris and Dennis Lin of The Athletic, Tatis commented on his lack of home run hitting lately, revealing why he hasn't been hitting as many home runs lately.

Tatis is getting on base and making contact, but his power has dropped off. His "intercept point" may be to blame.