SAN DIEGO -- Just when you think he couldn’t possibly top himself, Fernando Tatis Jr. has done it again.

The Padres’ superstar right fielder is making the spectacular look routine.

How routine? Well, on Tuesday night, Tatis leaped to rob Tyler Stephenson of a home run at the right-field wall in the fourth inning of the Padres’ game against the Reds. It marked the fourth time in the past 27 games at Petco Park that Tatis has taken a home run away from an opposing hitter.

Even by his own lofty standards, this one was sensational. Stephenson’s fly ball was hit hard, on a line, forcing Tatis to retreat quickly to the wall. In one motion, he leapt, kicked his right leg into the wall for leverage, and reached his left arm over the wall to make the catch. Tatis nearly doubled up Gavin Lux at

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