Myers says he doesn’t mind • moving around for Tatis.

Wil Myers was on the bench on Sunday when Fernando Tatis Jr. debuted in right field. He started his next two games in left field, began Friday in right field before moving to left in the latter innings and was back in left field to start Saturday’s game as Tatis shifted from his first game in center back to right field.

If anyone is used to yoyoing between positions it’s Myers, who also has time at first base, center field, third base and even a game at second in his seven years in San Diego.

And Tatis, Myers said, is as good a reason as any to embrace more position flexibility.

“It’s not new,” Myers said with a laugh. “I’ve been doing it here for a while now, but it’s no problem. This guy’s a great athlete, a great player. If somebody is going to go play your position, Tatis is the guy to do it. He’s an incredible player. He does a lot of great things. It’s fun to watch him play.

“I like being versatile and being able to go where the team needs me, because it’s about winning and if I have to play left field for us to have a better chance to win, that’s what I’ll do.”

Although his numbers remain off last year’s pace, Myers has paired a .292/.382/.506 batting line with five homers since the All-star break.

Tommy Pham, meanwhile, walked three more times Friday but is still hitting .208/.309/.377 this half. He was benched Saturday as Trent Grisham returned to the lineup in center a day after Tatis finally got to stretch his legs in the middle of the outfield.

The 22-year-old phenom, naturally, didn’t disappoint.

“I thought he had a really good day,” Padres manager Jayce Tingler said. “He had some balls over the head, some line drives where he went back, he went back to both gaps a little bit. I thought he did a very good job. … He got around the wall to the warning track. I thought he knew where he was. I thought in a short sample it was pretty encouraging, but not surprising as well.”

About Weathers

The Padres have not announced a starter for today’s series finale. Ryan Weathers has not pitched since allowing five runs in four innings in Colorado, continuing a harrowing four-game stretch in which the 21-year-old rookie has leaked 25 runs in 152⁄3 innings (14.36 ERA).

Tingler declined to publicly clarify Weathers’ role over the next week or so as the Padres anticipate activating Yu Darvish (back) as soon as Tuesday and perhaps Jake Arrieta (hamstring) as soon as Aug. 30 in Arizona — “I do expect to use him, yes” — but the Padres’ manager continued to express the belief that his youngest starting pitcher would benefit from taking these lumps the last few weeks.

“I would say anybody that’s been a starting pitcher knows you’re going to go through some battles where you’re not getting outs, where you’re getting hit hard, things like that,” Tingler said. “It’s something he’s going to continue to work through. He’s going to take the ball. He’s going to be better for it in the end.”

Notable

RHP Dinelson Lamet on Saturday threw his second bullpen session since an infection in his hip sidetracked his push to join the Padres’ relief corps. He has not yet had his stitches removed, and that would have to happen before he’s cleared to take more significant steps forward. “His last two (bullpens), it’s been the first time in a while where I’ve seen life in the body, life in the arm, life in the fastball,” Tingler said. “The way his arm, everything was moving great. … Certainly getting the stitches removed, making sure all the infection and things like that are gone, but I thought from a pitching standpoint and just how his slider, how his fastball and how his body were working, very encouraging. I hope we’re getting close to a point where he’s getting close to some type of game action.”

• Tingler spoke with Michael Hill, MLB’S senior vice president of on-field operations, regarding Manny Machado’s ejection from Friday’s game. Hill oversees umpiring and discipline. Tingler declined to discuss the conversation but said he did not expect any further discipline for Machado. Meantime, Doug Eddings, who ejected Machado and whose strike zone was criticized by Tingler after Friday’s 4-3 loss, was booed by the Petco Park crowd when the umpires were announced.

• Nate Colbert, the alltime leader with 163 home runs as a Padre, wore a swag chain as he threw out Saturday’s ceremonial first pitch.

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MICHAEL WYKE AP Outfielder Wil Myers also has time at first base, third base and even game at second in seven years in S.D.