Everth Cabrera News

It's beginning to look as though the Padres will leave the Winter Meetings without making a trade, signing a free agent or doing much with their current 40-man roster.

Major League Baseball's annual Rule 5 Draft will take place on Thursday on the final day of the Winter Meetings from the Indianapolis Marriott.

Kevin Kouzmanoff, one of four prominent Padres who are eligible for arbitration and due for a substantial raise, has apparently drawn the interest of several teams at the Winter Meetings.

" Jed Hoyer is probably not quite as far along as he'd like to be after 61 2 weeks as the Padres' general manager.

OUTFIELDER : New general manager Jed Hoyer heads to Indianapolis looking for a right-handed-hitting outfielder.

Older San Diego clubs that failed to make the playoffs in 2007 and 2008 gave way to a younger cast of players in the second half of 2009.

Do the Padres see Tony Gwynn, Jr. as an everyday center fielder or a fourth outfielder? If they're leaning to the latter, I think it's too soon to give him that label just because the Brewers did.

Young shortstops are getting a lot of focus these days, but the names generally mentioned are Alcides Escobar and Elvis Andrus.A Therea TMs a third speedster who belongs to be included in that group, the Padresa TM Everth Cabrera.

The youth movement continued in San Diego in 2009, and there were a few reasons for Padres fans to truly believe things are moving in the right direction.

With the Winter Meetings just around the corner, the San Diego Padres are in a position to possibly make a few moves to turn this team into a contender in the National League's West Division.

With two years on his contract, Adrian Gonzalez is a talking point inside and outside the Padres organization.

New San Diego Padres general manager Jed Hoyer has inherited a valuable trade chip in All-Star closer Heath Bell.

The obvious low point for the Padres offense occurred on July 10 in San Francisco when Giants pitcher Jonathan Sanchez tossed a no-hitter against San Diego, a fitful ending to a sour first half.

The Nicaraguan League of Professional Baseball Friday recognized baseball player Everth Cabrera for his performance during the last season of MLB, playing for Los Padres of San Diego.

The Mets started a pattern following the break, that they didn't stray much from often - losing games early in series and salvaging games either pitched by their best pitcher or mailed in by their opponents.

Left-hander Wade LeBlanc held the Giants to two hits in seven innings and struck out a career-high eight to lead the San Diego Padres to a 2-0 win Saturday night.

The name of the game is pitching, right? Well, Kevin Towers evaluates pitching as well as any any general manager, and now is he out of a job.

If ever a couple of players personified the Kevin Towers methodology of "bottom-fishing" baseball, they're right-handed pitcher Kevin Correia and shortstop Everth Cabrera.

Pablo Sandoval went 2-for-4 and smacked the game-winning homer in the top of the 10th inning to lift the San Francisco Giants over the San Diego Padres, 4-3, in the season finale for both clubs.

Randy Johnson made what could be the last appearance of his brilliant, 22-year big league career, pitching one adventuresome inning of relief in the San Francisco Giants' 4-3, 10-inning win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.