Cade Cavalli

BIOGRAPHY

Cade Cavalli was born August 14, 1998, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

The Washington Nationals selected Cavalli in the first round, with the 22nd overall selection, in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft and he signed for a $3 million signing bonus. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the pandemic.

To begin the 2021 season, Cavalli was assigned to the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the High-A East with whom he made his professional debut. After pitching to a 3–1 record and 1.77 ERA over 40+2⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the Harrisburg Senators of the Double-A Northeast on June 14. That same month, Cavalli was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game at Coors Field. In mid-August, after starting 11 games and going 3–3 with a 2.79 ERA and eighty strikeouts over 58 innings with Harrisburg, Cavalli was promoted to the Rochester Red Wings of the Triple-A East. Over six starts with Rochester, he went 1–5 with 7.30 ERA. His total of 175 strikeouts for the season between the three clubs led the minor leagues. He returned to Rochester to begin the 2022 season. He was selected to represent the Nationals at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game.

On August 26, 2022, the Nationals selected Cavalli's contract for him to make his MLB debut that night at Nationals Park versus the Cincinnati Reds. He pitched 4+1⁄3 innings and allowed seven runs, six hits, and two walks while striking out six and hitting three batters in a 7–3 loss. During spring training in 2023, Cavalli sprained the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow in his pitching arm and will undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his 2023 season.