Cade Cavalli, 23, and the Washington Nationals’ top pick in the 2020 draft (22nd overall in the 1st Round), spent his first year as a pro throwing at the club’s alternate training site in Fredericksburg, VA without a minor league season for players that year during the COVID pandemic.
In 2021, Cavalli made the most of the return of minor league baseball, working his way up from High-A Wilmington to Triple-A Rochester in the Nats’ system, with a combined 3.36 ERA, 60 walks (4.38 K/9), and 175 strikeouts (12.77 K/9) in 24 starts and 123 1⁄3 IP on the year.