Cade Cavalli

Cade Cavalli [Steven Cade Cavalli] is currently active in the Major Leagues with the Washington Nationals. Cavalli was born on August 14th, 1998 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is currently 28 years old. He played his high school baseball for the Bixby High School Spartans in Bixby, Oklahoma. He played 3 years of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the University of Oklahoma Sooners [Big 12 Conference] where he was teammates with future Major Leaguers Jake Bennett, Jake Irvin, Wyatt Olds, Lane Ramsey, Kyle Tyler, Steele Walker and Nathan Wiles. Participated in the D1 NCAA Tournament in 2018 [Regionals]. Cavalli was selected in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 2020 MLB Amateur Draft by the Washington Nationals, receiving a $3,027,000 signing bonus. Ranked by Baseball Prospectus as the #19 MLB prospect in their 2022 pre-season Prospect rankings and he was also ...

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ranked as the Washington Nationals #1 Prospect by MLB Pipeline in 2022. Made his Major League Debut on August 26th, 2022 at the age of 24. Debuted as a starting pitcher for Washington Nationals against the Cincinnati Reds, throwing 4.1 innings, allowing 7 runs, 2 walks and striking out 6 batters. The first batter he faced was Jake Fraley, who grounded out to shortstop. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Cole Henry and Brady Lindsly. Cavalli has played 5 seasons with the Washington Nationals organization. He played collegiate summer league baseball in the Cape Cod League for the Wareham Gatemen and in the Futures League for the Pittsfield Suns. Led the Big 12 Conference with 94 Strikeouts in 2018. Led the Big 12 Conference with 2 Losses, 4 Games Started and 37 Strikeouts in 2020. Led the International League (AAA) with a .28 Home Runs per 9 Innings in 2022. He was also drafted in the 29th round of the 2017 Draft by the Atlanta Braves but did not sign.

Awards: Named Big 12 Conference All-Conference in 2019. Named Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star in 2021.

Career Transactions: Signed a 4-year contract extension worth $47m with the Washington Nationals on September 18th, 2026 covering 2027-2030.

Career Notes: Participated in the All-Star Weekend Futures Game (NL Team) in 2021. Opening day starter for the Washington Nationals in 2026.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2018	Oklahoma	Big12	NCAA-1	Fr	24	19	90*	3	2	6.75	11	2	0	0	9	0	0	17.1	18	15	13	3	13	18	3	1	0	1.79	9.35	1.56	6.75	9.35	7.79	1.38
2019	Oklahoma	Big12	NCAA-1	So	24	20	100	5	3	3.28	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	60.1	53	23	22	4	35	59	8	0	1	1.46	7.91	0.60	5.22	8.80	3.43	1.69
2020	Oklahoma	Big12	NCAA-1	Jr	24	21	106	1	2	4.18	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	23.2	25	11	11	2	5	37	1	0	1	1.27	9.51	0.76	1.90	14.07	4.18	7.40
2021	Wilmington Blue Rocks	SAL2	A+	WAS	14	22	154	3	1	1.77	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	40.2	24	9	8	1	12	71	0	0	2	0.89	5.31	0.22	2.66	15.71	1.99	5.92
2021	Harrisburg Senators	East2	AA	WAS	20	22	119	3	3	2.79	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	58.0	39	19	18	2	35	80	5	0	0	1.28	6.05	0.31	5.43	12.41	2.95	2.29
2021	Rochester Red Wings	IL2	AAA	WAS	24	22	83*	1	5	7.30	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	24.2	33	21	20	2	13	24	1	0	4	1.86	12.04	0.73	4.74	8.76	7.66	1.85
2022	Rochester Red Wings	IL2	AAA	WAS	24	23	118	6	4	3.71	20	20	1	0	0	0	0	97.0	75	43	40	3	39	104	4	0	9	1.18	6.96	0.28	3.62	9.65	3.99	2.67
2022	Washington Nationals	NL	MLB	WAS	54	23		0	1	14.54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	7	7	0	2	6	0	0	3	1.85	12.46	0.00	4.15	12.46	14.54	3.00
2024	FCL Nationals	FCL	Rk	WAS	9	25		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2024	Wilmington Blue Rocks	SAL2	A+	WAS	9	25		0	0	3.18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	0	2	2	0	4	8	2	0	1	0.71	0.00	0.00	6.35	12.71	3.18	2.00
2025	Fredericksburg Nationals	Caro2	A	WAS	39	26		0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0.75	2.25	0.00	4.50	6.75	0.00	1.50
2025	Harrisburg Senators	East2	AA	WAS	29	26		1	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0.60	3.60	0.00	1.80	7.20	0.00	4.00
2025	Rochester Red Wings	IL2	AAA	WAS	17	26	96	3	7	6.09	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	65.0	74	45	44	8	27	72	6	1	7	1.55	10.25	1.11	3.74	9.97	6.23	2.67
2025	Washington Nationals	NL	MLB	WAS	24	26	87	3	1	4.25	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	48.2	57	28	23	7	15	40	3	0	4	1.48	10.54	1.29	2.77	7.40	5.18	2.67
2026	Washington Nationals	NL	MLB	WAS	24	27	100	13	5	3.02	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	169.2	148	68	57	18	48	200	4	1	16	1.16	7.85	0.95	2.55	10.61	3.61	4.17
Tot:	MLB (3 yrs)		MLB					16	7	3.52	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	222.2	211	103	87	25	65	246	7	1	23	1.24	8.53	1.01	2.63	9.94	4.16	3.78
Tot:	NL (3 yrs)		NL					16	7	3.52	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	222.2	211	103	87	25	65	246	7	1	23	1.24	8.53	1.01	2.63	9.94	4.16	3.78
Tot:	Minors (4 yrs)		Minors					17	20	3.95	64	63	1	0	1	0	2	301.0	248	139	132	17	133	366	28	1	23	1.27	7.42	0.51	3.98	10.94	4.16	2.75
Tot:	Rk (1 yrs)		Rk					0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	A (1 yrs)		A					0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0.75	2.25	0.00	4.50	6.75	0.00	1.50
Tot:	A+ (2 yrs)		A+					3	1	1.94	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	46.1	24	11	10	1	16	79	2	0	3	0.86	4.66	0.19	3.11	15.35	2.14	4.94
Tot:	AA (2 yrs)		AA					4	3	2.57	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	63.0	41	19	18	2	36	84	5	0	0	1.22	5.86	0.29	5.14	12.00	2.71	2.33
Tot:	AAA (3 yrs)		AAA					10	16	5.01	41	41	1	0	0	0	0	186.2	182	109	104	13	79	200	11	1	20	1.40	8.78	0.63	3.81	9.64	5.26	2.53
Tot:	College (3 yrs)		College					9	7	4.09	27	18	0	0	9	0	0	101.1	96	49	46	9	53	114	12	1	2	1.47	8.53	0.80	4.71	10.13	4.35	2.15
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 Inning avg		Minors					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	College - 162 Inning avg		College					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

Strikeouts	Walks	Hittable	SO/BB	vs Power	Durability	Team Success
65	57	48	63	48	44	.459

year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2017	Pittsfield Suns	Futures League	College Summer	18	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1.29	3.86	0.00	7.71	11.57	0.00	1.50
2018	Wareham Gatemen	Cape Cod League	College Summer	19	0	1	4.15	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	13.0	12	7	6	1	15	15	3	0	1	2.08	8.31	0.69	10.38	10.38	4.85	1.00
2019	Team USA Collegiate	Intl Competition	USA	20	1	0	3.37	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1.87	10.12	0.00	6.75	3.37	3.37	0.50
2021	Washington Nationals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	22	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	18.00	0.00	2.00
2022	Washington Nationals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	23	1	1	14.04	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	8.1	14	14	13	1	1	11	0	0	1	1.80	15.12	1.08	1.08	11.88	15.12	11.00
2023	Washington Nationals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	24	0	0	1.59	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5.2	2	1	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	0.71	3.18	1.59	3.18	11.12	1.59	3.50
Tot:	USA (1 Yrs)		USA		1	0	3.37	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.2	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1.87	10.12	0.00	6.75	3.37	3.37	0.50
Tot:	CollegeSummer (2 Yrs)		CollegeSummer		0	1	3.52	7	3	0	1	0	4	0	15.1	13	7	6	1	17	18	3	0	1	1.96	7.63	0.59	9.98	10.57	4.11	1.06
Tot:	Spring (3 Yrs)		Spring		1	1	8.40	7	2	0	0	1	5	0	15.0	16	15	14	2	4	20	0	0	1	1.33	9.60	1.20	2.40	12.00	9.00	5.00

year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2017	Pittsfield Suns	Futures League	College Summer	18	16	63	9	13	2	0	1	9	1	0	5	21	0	0	0	0	2	18	68	3	10	.206	.265	.286	.550	.175	.080	.293	7.35	30.88	4.20	63.00
2018	Wareham Gatemen	Cape Cod League	College Summer	19	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	.000	.000	.500	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00
Tot:	CollegeSummer (2 Yrs)		CollegeSummer		19	69	9	14	2	0	1	9	1	0	5	25	0	0	0	0	2	19	74	3	11	.203	.257	.275	.532	.159	.072	.302	6.76	33.78	5.00	69.00

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