Padres Andrew Cashner Named NL Player Of The Week

When you have a week like Andrew Cashner did last week, you can expect to probably get some hardware heading your way. Cashner did just that, earning his first-ever NL Player of the Week for his outstanding performance last week.

Cashner in two starts, gave up two runs, won both starts, walked two and struck out 14 over 17 innings, including his two-hit shutout of the Philadelphia Phillies last Monday.

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Cashner joined Derek Holland, Jaime Garcia and J.A. Happ as the four active pitchers with three or more shutouts in their first 50 games started.

Since coming back from the DL on August 23rd, he’s 4-2, with a 1.93 ERA. He will make his last start of the season against the San Francisco Giants on Thursday.

Congrats to Cashner on the great achievement.

Keep the Faith.