Cade Cavalli, 24, made 20 starts at Triple-A Rochester this season, putting up a 3.71 ERA, a 3.22 FIP, 39 walks (3.62 BB/9), and 104 Ks (9.65 K/9) in 97 IP, and the 2020 1st round pick (No. 22 overall) checked all the boxes Washington’s Nationals wanted him to check before they called him up for tonight’s series opener with the Cincinnati Reds.
Davey Martinez ran through some of those boxes after the official announced on Cavalli coming up.
“His breaking ball, throwing it for strikes early in counts. His changeup. We talked a lot about him developing a changeup.