The San Diego Padres are even more committed to the future and that future has Everth Cabrera playing in the middle infield.
Analysis: Although Everth Cabrera has played a bit in the three previous seasons for the Padres, his career .237 batting average has prevented him from being a mainstay in the bigs. Cabrera rectified his batting average issues in Triple-A last year hitting .297 and .333 this year until his callup in mid May. After a rather lengthy slump Cabrera is on fire at the moment, well… at least for him. Everth has three steals, one home run and five hits in his last three games. He has also raised his batting average over .150 points in the last week to a somewhat respectable .245.
Cabrera has stolen 41 bags in 194 big league games, which translates to big numbers if he can keep hitting. He still strikes out entirely too much and cannot draw a walk but the playing time will be there for him to grow this year. Going forward, Everth remains a solid deep league middle infielder and is available in ninety-nine percent of fantasy leagues. As soon as his spot in the batting order settles, his run total may become an asset to his fantasy game.