WASHINGTON – Cade Cavalli certainly fit the bill as a Nationals’ top draft pick this year – yet another right-handed pitcher taken by general manager Mike Rizzo and his staff.
Cavalli is a 6-foot-4 hurler and the past three top picks of the Nationals, including fellow righties Mason Denaburg and Jackson Rutledge, average around 6’5’’.
With no minor league season, Cavalli, 22, made his pro debut at the alternate site in Fredericksburg, Virginia this summer as part of the 60-player pool.
“Personally, I think it was the best thing that we could have had in this environment,” Cavalli said in a Zoom call with reporters in September.