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Oklahoma baseball: This will be a big week for OU pitcher Cade Cavalli

BOSTON, MA - MAY 6: A pattern with a message showing appreciation for nurses is displayed in the outfield grass as the Major League Baseball season is postponed due the coronavirus pandemic on May 6, 2020 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

The boyhood dreams of Oklahoma baseball player Cade Cavalli will take a major step toward becoming reality this week.

While professional and amateur baseball remain off the field this season out of continued health an safety concerns surrounding COVID-19, Major League Baseball will hold its annual first-year player draft beginning on Wednesday this week.