The San Diego Padres demoted one of their best bullpen arms of last season to Triple-A El Paso on Thursday. After he debuted towards the end of May 2025, the right-hander posted a 2.06 ERA in 41 appearances last year. Despite a brief stint on the injured list in September, he was activated before the close of the regular season and even pitched a scoreless inning in the wild-card series. The hope is that he will get back to form in the minors, and upon his return to MLB action, work to lower his 6.08 ERA. In other news, superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. leads MLB in an unfortunate category as his home run drought soldiers on. After Wednesday's loss, the 27-year-old spoke on his frustration with the rough patch. “I’m doing everything,” Tatis said. “Hitting early, doing batting practice, after [games]. It still doesn’t turn around. I don’t know. Trying to figure it out.” In addition to being without a long ball, Tatis is hitting .250/.323/.286 with 13 RBIs.…