WASHINGTON – Pitcher Cade Cavalli, the Nationals’ top draft pick earlier this year, will head to Instructional League in Florida.
Pitching coordinator Brad Holman will relax in Kansas for a few days, with the wedding of a niece upcoming in early October.
And Mark Scialabba, the Nationals’ assistant general manager, player development, has the challenging chore of making the transition from the alternate site in Fredericksburg, VA to setting up in shop West Palm Beach for a new-look Instructional League and the protocols that come with that.
As the Nationals wind down the alternate site in Virginia on Wednesday morning, Scialabba said the two goals were to provide players to the Major League team when needed in this 60-game season and continue the development of each individual player who took part in Fredericksburg at the new high Single-A home of their Carolina League affiliate.