Cade Cavalli worked his way up to make his MLB debut this past season, but inflammation in the right shoulder of the 2020 1st Round pick landed him on the IL following his first big league start, and though the 24-year-old worked behind the scenes trying to get back on the hill before the year ended, Washington’s Nationals decided to shut him down.
MacKenzie Gore, 23, came over from San Diego as one of three players with some major league experience in the six-player return from the Padres for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, even though inflammation in the left-handers’ left elbow landed him on the IL shortly before the deadline deal.