The Padres have placed starter Andrew Cashner on the 15-day disabled list with a strained neck, MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell of MLB.com tweets. Replacing him on the Padres’ active roster will be newcomer Erik Johnson, who will start tonight.
As Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune explains, Cashner experienced a loss of velocity in his start yesterday against the Rockies before the Padres removed him. Via Brooks Baseball, none of Cashner’s pitches yesterday topped 89 MPH. His fastball typically sits in the mid-90s.
“His velo was down from the first batter,” says Padres manager Andy Green. “He experienced it kind of late in the bullpen warming up and after watching him throw he didn’t look like himself. After a batter, I thought it was best to get him out of there.”
Cashner has had a disappointing season thus far, with a 4.75 ERA, 6.1 K/9 and 3.7 BB/9 in 53 innings while also missing time last month due to a hamstring strain. There would surely be plenty of trade whispers about him if he were healthy and pitching as he had in 2014 or perhaps even as he did in an underwhelming 2015 season, given that he’s eligible for free agency in the fall. His current injury surely won’t help the Padres if they hope to acquire young talent for him later this summer.
Cashner has been a disappointment in his tenure and didn’t lessen the sting of foolishly trading Rizzo for him. Looking less and less likely they will recoup anything for him either.
We Cubs fans hated that trade when it came down. Each year that goes by we love the trade more and more. Rizzo is now our MVP and soon the league MVP
Rizzo won’t be NL MVP anytime soon. He’s 46th in the league in fWAR and Kershaw looks like it’s his to lose. Rizzo isn’t even the best player on his own team this year.
and arenado will win mvp this year after a mysterious tenth place finish last year.
Please don’t speak for the entire cubs fanbase, especially with that statement.
No we didn’t. Cashner wasn’t ever going to be much in a Cubs uniform. That’s why they traded him so willingly.
What Cubs fans hated the trade? Besides you Bigjon? What the heck are you talking about?
Why do you talk for a fanbase when obviously you know nothing?
Yeah the Cubs definitely won that trade. Cashner can’t hold a candle to Rizzo.
Cashmere to the DL, in other news, water is wet.
does anyone think it was shady that rizzo was traded by hoyer of San Diego to his best buddy epstein of Chicago and then went to work for epstein in Chicago ?? and i believe theo traded Rizzo first to Padres when theo was in boston. seems under the table to me.
No, Hoyer traded for Rizzo as the Padres’ GM and then traded for him again as the Cubs’ GM. It was Josh Byrnes who traded him to the Cubs as the Padres’ GM.
ok great The WestCoastRyan. thanks for clearing that up. it always bothered me. thank you
Padres had a knee-jerk reaction to Rizzo’s weak first 200 at-bats and decided Alonso was the better long-term option. Lots of teams make mistakes like that.
Cash is Done in San Diego Worst Trade by Fare Rizzo for Cashner back in the day.. but they play us , they went both to chicago you know what i mean… but they need to trade cash too and get something in return.. Right now the Bullpen Sucks they need back Dale Thayer or Joe Thatcher back in Sd they pitch well and the Bullpen was good.. Pedormo need to go his blowing games out.. we need to another MLB Ready Starter Bring Latos too.. he can be good again.. 🙂
Getting rid of Perdomo isn’t going to make this team a contender in 2016. Thayer and Thatcher are both available right now.
Cashner on the DL … Shocker … He is a bum … Has he ever not been on the DL in a season? This guy is a china doll like Jorge Soler
You’re a moron