Exercising caution, Padres put Cashner on DL

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MILWAUKEE — After watching multiple players on their roster hurt themselves further by trying to play through leg injuries, the Padres decided to play it safe with right-hander Andrew Cashner, and on Friday placed him on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring.

“He’s not at 100 percent,” manager Andy Green said. “We’re at a place with our roster constraints where we have to have a guy for tomorrow. Cash isn’t ready to completely do that. I think he thinks he’s completely ready, which I appreciate, but given the rash of hamstring injuries that we have had, we thought 10 days on the DL versus the six to eight weeks if he strains it pitching 100 pitches tomorrow is a better choice for us long-term.”

Cashner, who is 2-3 with a 4.93 ERA in seven starts, left in the sixth …

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