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San Diego Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera has landed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring. Read more Everth Cabrera news

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The Padres' win streak ended at seven games as the Giants evened up the series last night. Tonight Eric Stults will go for his third straight victory and try to lead San Diego to its first series win at AT&T Park since 2010. The lefty has kept opposing batters to just five earned runs and a .167 average while issuing only one walk over his last four starts, spanning 31 total innings. In five of his last six starts, he's limited opponents to two runs or less while pitching at least seven innings, including a complete-game two-hitter his last time out against the NL-West-leading Diamondbacks. Stults is a career 4-3 with a 5.34 ERA in 13 starts against San Francisco, but has struggled against them this season. He pitched in both series in April and went 0-1 with 8.18 ERA over the two games. Madison Bumgarner will make his second start of the season against San Diego. The last time the Padres visited the Giants at AT&T Park, Bumgarner pitched six innings of two-run ball, collecting 10 strikeouts, but not factoring into the decision. He also struck out 10 in his most recent start, when he limited the Braves to just two hits in seven shutout innings after taking a no-hitter into the 6th for his second straight win. Prior to his last two starts, he had gone through a rough stretch of four starts in which he went 0-3 with a 6.29 ERA. In his one home start during that stretch, however, he allowed just one run on four hits in seven innings of work. After leapfrogging the Giants in the standings to get to third place in the NL West on Monday, the Padres have found themselves back in fourth following last night's loss. But they can reverse that once more and stay above .500 with a victory today. Next Game San Diego Padres @ San Francisco Giants Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013, 12:45 PM PDT AT&T Park Eric Stults vs Madison Bumgarner Sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 60. Complete Coverage >

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Back in April, I posted a look at my Sleeper Alert! list from the 2013 Baseball Prospect Book. We have enough minor league data now to get a read for how the players on the list are doing, so let's take a look. This is players N through Z.Here are links to the original lists.Sleeper Prospects for 2013, Part OneSleeper Prospects for 2013, Part TwoSleeper Prospects for 2013, Part Three Starling Peralta, RHP, Cubs: WHAT I WROTE IN APRIL: Age 22, Peralta was written up as a sleeper for the book in November, then was selected by the Diamondbacks in the December Rule 5 draft. He didn't stick on the roster and was sent back to Chicago. The live-armed Dominican can hit the mid-90s and shows promise with his slider, but is still often more thrower than pitcher. Nevertheless, his upside is very high, particularly as a reliever. RESULT: Just 14 innings for High-A Daytona, with 16 strikeouts but 19 hits and 20 runs allowed. Has spent most of May and June on the disabled list, so it's hard to know here.Dane Phillips, C, Padres: WHAT I WROTE IN APRIL: Age 22, Phillips was drafted in the second round out of Oklahoma City University last June. He's a sleeper because he didn't hit well in short-season ball (.228/.327/.350) and could get ignored, but the sound swing and good plate discipline he showed in college didn't just disappear. He can rebound. RESULTS: Hitting .265/.329/.424 with four homers, 12 walks, 37 strikeouts in 151 at-bats for Low-A Fort Wayne. He was outstanding in April (1.003 OPS) but has cooled off since then, though a trusted Midwest League observer still likes his swing. Glove looks like a problem though: he's thrown out just 11% of runners.Jorge Polanco, INF, Twins: APRIL: Age 19, signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2009. A bonus baby at the time ($750,000), he fell out of general prospect consciousness after mediocre '10 and '11 seasons and was passed by other Twins prospects. He rebounded to .318/.388/.514 in the Appy League in '12. With solid tools across the board, he should make more noise in '13. RESULT: Excellent so far, .294/.346/.450 with 23 walks, 33 strikeouts in 262 at-bats for Low-A Cedar Rapids. All the attention paid to Kernels teammate Byron Buxton has obscured the fact that Polanco is a very intriguing prospect in his own right.Jose Ramirez, 2B, Indians: APRIL: Age 20, Ramirez is a Dominican signed in 2009. He's undersized (generously listed at 5-9) and overshadowed by other guys with more press in the Cleveland system, but he rakes (career .342.383/.459), runs well, controls the strike zone, and has a good glove at second base. Scouts have mixed opinions but it is hard to knock his performance thus far. RESULT: Hitting .248/.316/.313 with 26 walks, 23 strikeouts in 246 at-bats for Double-A Akron, with 22 steals. This doesn't look too hot, but he's quite young for Double-A and is at least making contact. I remain very intrigued with him. Nate Roberts, OF, Twins: APRIL: Age 24, Roberts was a fifth round pick from High Point University in '10. He's ripped low-level pitching (.307/.439/.458 in A-ball) and destroyed the Arizona Fall League in '12 (1.226 OPS to lead circuit). He has a clean swing and strong feel for hitting, but his career has been slowed by knee issues. He fits the fourth outfielder profile but is clearly worth tracking. RESULTS: Played one game in High-A and has otherwise been injured all spring. At this point I wonder if he will ever be healthy enough for his abilities to matter. He has always hit well when healthy, but he just can't avoid the doctors and is falling behind the age/competition curve.Wilfredo Rodriguez, C, Rockies: APRIL: Age 19, drafted in seventh round out of high school in Puerto Rico last June. Stocky (5-10, 200) but has athleticism and good defensive tools along with a chance to hit for power and average. He's raw and needs more polish, but he also impressed many Pioneer League observers last summer and has the potential to be a regula

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Hall of Famer Dave Winfield made his major league debut on this date 40 years ago, two weeks to the day after he was selected fourth overall by the Padres in the 1973 amateur draft. He reached the bigs without spending a day in the minors, one of only 21 players since the draft began in 1965 who can make that claim. Unlike the majority of the others, Winfield was never demoted or even as much as played a rehab stint in the minor leagues. Placed in the seventh spot in the lineup by manager Don Zimmer, Winfield made his first start in left field as opposed to the position he would come known to man, right field. His first opponent was the Houston Astros and their young lefty Jerry Reuss, who happened to be celebrating his twenty-fourth birthday. Winfield came to bat for the first time with runners on the corners and two outs in the bottom of the first inning, his Padres trailing 3-2. He grounded out to Houston shortstop Roger Metzger to end the threat. He grounded out to Metzger once again his second time up, stranding two more runners and ending the third inning. His third time up was no more successful, although he did switch it up by grounding out to second baseman Tommy Helms for the second out of the sixth inning. Although hitless in his first three at bats, Winfield didn't let it get in his head and affect his defense. Helms led off the top of the eighth with a base hit to left. Winfield played the ball perfectly and cut Helms down trying to stretch it into a double. This was the first of 166 outfield assists he would record in his career. With his first defensive highlight in the books, Winfield would get one more chance to show the home crowd of just 5,338 what he could do with a bat in his hands. Facing Reuss for a fourth time, Winfield led off the top of the ninth with a base hit. It would prove to be one of 3,110 he accrued in his 22-year career. He advanced to second on a single by Rich Morales, and then to third on a walk by pinch hitter Dwain Anderson. Houston manager Leo Durocher then summoned Jim York to relieve Reuss. York promptly surrendered a walk to Leron Lee to score Winfield for the first of 1,669 times. Unfortunately, one milestone that evaded Winfield that day was his first win. San Diego fell 7-3 to Houston for their tenth loss in a row to fall to 20-46 on their way to a 102-loss season. Winfield was part of several losing teams in San Diego and then with the Yankees and Angels before earning a ring with the 1992 Blue Jays, who happened to be managed by Cito Gaston- the very same Cito Gaston who started in right field for Padres the day Winfield made his debut.

After two days of taking a wait and see approach with Everth Cabrera and his hamstring, the Padres have decided that the best course of action is to place him on the disabled list. Sounds like #Padres SS Everth Cabrera (mild strain, left hamstring) will go on the DL tomorrow. Move will be official then. — Corey Brock (@FollowThePadres) June 19, 2013 Cabrera strained the offending hammy in the eighth inning of Sunday's win over the D-backs attempting to add to his league-leading total of 31 stolen bases. Prior to being replaced for the ninth inning by newcomer Pedro Ciriaco, Everth had played in every inning of every game this season. In addition to his slew of steals, Cabrera has put up a .305/ .382/ .418 slash line- all career highs by far. His four homers are twice his previous career high, set in his rookie season of 2009 and matched again last year. Ciriaco started in Cabrera's stead in Monday's win over San Francisco and Alexi Amarista got the nod on Tuesday. Amarista was less than impressive, making a few miscues and getting away with an error he made being ruled a hit. Since the move is not yet official, it's unclear who the team will be calling up to take his spot on the roster. I'm not going to speculate because that never ends well for me, but you can feel free to do so in the comments. San Diego Padres Injuries 15-Day Player Injury Type Injury Date Yonder Alonso hand 06/01/2013 Jedd Gyorko groin 06/10/2013 Cameron Maybin other-excused 06/10/2013 Everth Cabrera hamstring 06/17/2013 60 Day DL / Out for the season Player Injury Type Injury Date Cory Luebke elbow 03/22/2013 Joe Wieland elbow 02/28/2013

Jesus Guzman put the San Diego Padres in position to extend their winning streak and add yet another come-from-behind win. The good feeling did not last long. Read more Jesus Guzman news