Cade Cavalli missed time with the flu and also went through a “dead arm” period as he tried to rehab from last March’s Tommy John surgery, but in the end, the setbacks kept the righty from returning to the majors this season as the Nationals and the 2020 1st Round pick felt it was too late by the time he’d built back up.
“We just ran out of time this season,” Cavalli told reporters late in September, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman.
“I hate it, because I want to be out there more than anything.