The Washington Nationals’ top 2020 pick, Cade Cavalli, was projected to go in the first round of the MLB Draft earlier this month, and he did. The 21-year-old right-hander was excited to hear his name called on Day 1, when the defending World Series champs took him 22nd overall.
“It was awesome,” Cavalli said shortly after he was selected. “I was grateful to even have my name called. You’ve got to keep a really good perspective.
“There’s mock drafts where they put you in — wherever, they said I slid, or whatever, but I know I ended up in the right place, the right organization, and I know it’s in God’s hands, I’m going to be around great people, great organization, I can’t be happier.