Face of the franchise makes the Padres 25-man roster

by Dex on Mar 28, 2011 9:35 AM PDT

When you get a giant-ass billboard, your likelihood of making the team probably is better than most.

Everth Cabrera, the face of the franchise, has finally made the 25-man roster as a backup infielder.

In 26 Spring Training games, Cabrera had a .218 average with 12 hits, six runs scored and three stolen bases.

"We have really tried to shift the mindset and improve his catching and throwing," Black said. "Once he has taken his mind off of the offense, he has done better."

This is a good thing seeing as the Padres invested a ton in terms of huge-ass photographs adorning the sides of buildings for this dude. If Everth hadn't made it, we would've had to do some epic photoshop replacement to fix the enormous photo of our 5th infielder that's plastered all over our stadium.

Says Buddy:

"He has really played well these past few days," Black said. "Having him focus on defense has really helped him offensively."

This works for me too. When I focus on not blogging, I end up writing blog posts.

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At first glance of the headline I thought Hoffy had come out of retirement. Phew!

by lemonverbena on Mar 28, 2011 10:02 AM PDT reply actions

It appears that, because of a Deno and a Patterson Injury

That Cedric Hunter Is making the Opening Day Roster as well.

"This team looks dangerous, like a convict with a temper, nothing to lose and a switch blade." -jbox

by MrDanielX on Mar 28, 2011 10:23 AM PDT reply actions

Nice!!

Oh internet, what a wicked web you weave.

by Mad_Villain on Mar 28, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Unnecessary intrablog doubleposting is unnecessary.

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by TheThinGwynn on Mar 28, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions

temporary?

I think the plan is still to stash him in AAA to get some AB’s, but Jed needs to acquire a backup SS in the meantime…. probably waiting patiently for cuts and finding the odd-men out?

by iheartyourfart on Mar 28, 2011 10:47 AM PDT reply actions