Padres avoided arbitration with SS Everth Cabrera by agreeing to a one-year, $2.45 million contract. Cabrera was in his second year of arbitration eligibility after qualifying for Super Two status last winter. The speedy shortstop batted .283/.355/.381 with 37 stolen bases over 95 games last season before getting popped with a PED suspension.

Padres activated SS Everth Cabrera from the restricted list. Cabrera closed out the 2013 regular season with a 50-game PED suspension. He wound up posting a career-high .736 OPS and tallying 37 stolen bases in 95 games this year.

Everth Cabrera has accepted a 50-game performance-enhancing drug suspension from Major League Baseball. Cabrera will not appear in another game this season but he'll be a full-go for the start of 2014. The 26-year-old shortstop posted a career-high .736 OPS this season alongside 37 stolen bases and 54 runs scored. He will be arbitration-eligible heading into 2014.

Everth Cabrera went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI in Sunday's win over the Yankees. Cabrera is expected to be suspended for his connection to Biogensis on Monday, so it was likely his final game of the season. He'll finish 2013 with a .283/.355/.381 batting line, 37 steals, and 31 RBI over 381 at-bats.

Everth Cabrera went 4-for-5 with an RBI against the Yankees on Friday. It may well be Cabrera's final weekend of the season, so enjoy it now. He was coming off a month of July in which he hit just .196 in 92 at-bats.

Padres activated SS Everth Cabrera from the 15-day disabled list. Cabrera wound up missing just over the minimum amount of time on the DL with a left hamstring strain. He'll return to a .305/.382/.418 batting line with 31 steals and can be activated right away in fantasy leagues.

Everth Cabrera (hamstring) will return to the Padres' active roster on Friday in the nation's capital. Cabrera has been on the disabled list since June 17 with a left hamstring strain. The speedy shortstop owns a .305/.382/.418 line and 31 steals in 69 games this year and can be activated right away in fantasy leagues.

Everth Cabrera (hamstring) could have his return pushed back to Friday. Cabrera went 0-for-3 on Tuesday in his first rehab game with Class-A Fort Wayne and is scheduled to play another on Wednesday. While the original plan called for him to be activated Thursday, he'd have little time to travel to make it in time for an afternoon game. The Padres are now leaning toward having him spend three days in the minors and return from the DL on Friday.

Padres manager Bud Black said Tuesday on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM that they are hopeful Everth Cabrera (hamstring) will return from the disabled list Thursday. Cabrera will play two rehab games with Class-A Fort Wayne beginning Tuesday, and should be cleared to return if there are no setbacks. The speedy shortstop has been sidelined since June 19 with a strained hamstring.

Everth Cabrera (hamstring) is tentatively scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Class-A Fort Wayne on Tuesday. Padres manager Bud Black said Cabrera could rejoin the Padres as early as Thursday if all goes well. The shortstop hasn't played since June 19 with the strained hamstring. The 26-year-old was in the midst of a career year before the injury, hitting .305 with 31 stolen bases in 69 games.