Cade Cavalli was the fifth player and third pitcher to make his MLB debut with Washington’s Nationals this season, and the 24-year-old right-hander, who was the club’s top pick in 2020 (taken at No. 22 overall), made a strong impression in his first major league outing, though it didn’t look pretty in the final box score (4.1 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 6 Ks, 99 P, 57 S).
Cavalli handled it all well though, as his manager said after a 7-3 loss to Cincinnati’s Reds.
“He was good,” Davey Martinez told reporters in the nation’s capital on Friday night.