Cade Cavalli
| Cade Cavalli | |
|---|---|
| Washington Nationals | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: August 14, 1998 Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Steven Cade Cavalli (born August 14, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization. He was selected 22nd overall by the Nationals in the 2020 MLB draft.[1][2]
Career
Cavalli attended Bixby High School in Bixby, Oklahoma, where he played baseball.[3] In 2016, his junior year, he went 7–1 with a 2.02 ERA along with batting .416 with four home runs 47 RBIs at the plate.[4] He missed a majority of his senior season in 2017 due to a back injury.[5] He was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 29th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead enrolled at the University of Oklahoma where he played college baseball.[6]
In 2018, Cavalli's freshman year at Oklahoma, he pitched to a 6.75 ERA over 17+1⁄3 innings while hitting .202 with six home runs and 28 RBIs over 58 games.[7] After the 2018 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[8] As a sophomore in 2019, Cavalli pitched to a 5–3 record and a 3.28 ERA over 12 starts along with batting .319 with four home runs and 17 RBIs in 19 games.[9][10] He missed three weeks during the season due to soreness.[11][12] That summer, he played for the United States collegiate national baseball team.[13][14] Cavalli entered his junior year in 2020 as a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft[15] and was named the Big 12 Conference Preseason Pitcher of the Year.[16] He made four starts in which he compiled a 4.18 ERA and 37 strikeouts over 23+2⁄3 innings before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cavalli was selected 22nd overall by the Washington Nationals in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft,[17] and signed with them.[18]
References
- ^ "2020 Prospect Watch: 100 Draft". MLB Prospect Watch. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ "MLB Draft Tracker". MLB.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Bedlam baseball: Bixby's Cades to go head-to-head in Bedlam". Oklahoman.com. March 26, 2018.
- ^ Writer, MIKE BROWN World Sports. "All-Metro baseball: Meet the 2016 first team players". Tulsa World.
- ^ World, Mike Brown Tulsa. "High school baseball: Bixby standouts Tanner Griffin, Cade Cavalli on the shelf". Tulsa World.
- ^ Herman, Howard. "Suns' Cavalli making most of summer before heading to OU". The Brattleboro Reformer.
- ^ "Cade Cavalli shows growth at Oklahoma". Baseball Prospect Journal. January 16, 2020.
- ^ "Cade Cavalli". pointstreak.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ "OU baseball: Cade Cavalli calling his own pitches for Sooners this season". Oklahoman.com. February 8, 2020.
- ^ "OU's Cade Cavalli makes 26-man Team USA roster". OUInsider.
- ^ Editor, Tyler Palmateer | Transcript Sports. "OU baseball: Why Oklahoma shut Cade Cavalli down for three weeks". Norman Transcript.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ World, Eric Bailey Tulsa. "OU baseball: Bixby's Cade Cavalli's big week includes becoming a first-time uncle and returning to the mound in time for Bedlam". Tulsa World.
- ^ Editor, Tyler Palmateer | Transcript Sports. "OU baseball: Cade Cavalli named to Team USA's 26-man roster". Norman Transcript.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Forty-One USA Baseball Alumni Selected in the 2020 MLB Draft". USA Baseball. June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ "Prospect Rankings". MLB.com.
- ^ "Cavalli Preseason Pitcher of the Year, OU pegged 4th in B12 poll". OUInsider.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/06/10/washington-nationals-mlb-draft/
- ^ https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/nationals/nationals-agree-terms-first-round-pick-cade-cavalli
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Oklahoma Sooners bio