Cade Cavalli

Bats R Throws R6'4" 240 lbBorn 1998 Tulsa, USADebut 2022Team WSHDraft 2017 R29 #860 Atlanta Braves, Bixby (OK) HSContract 1 y/$870,000 (26)+27 cl opt 2026: $862,500

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	326	19.5	8.1	2.95	22.1	6.69	96.6
2027							98.9
2028							98.5

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 87 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Alex Faedo	2022	83.4	110.8	262
2	Tucker Davidson	2022	87.3	87.3	236
3	J. D. Martin	2009	89.8	90.7	212
4	Chris Rusin	2013	90.5	86.5	58
5	Corey Kluber	2012	84.7	98.7	608
6	Stephen Fife	2013	90.7	60.5	27
7	Nick Kingham	2018	89.1	72.6	259
8	Christian Bergman	2014	81.4	92.1	286
9	Bruce Zimmermann	2021	90.0	70.6	320
10	Brad Lincoln	2011	85.9	101.0	362

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									326				98.9
2026*									600				105.0	99.4	104.4
2025	WSH	3	1	4.25	10	10	0	48.7	219	7	15	40	89.4	101.6	91.0
2022	WSH	0	1	14.54	1	1	0	4.3	23	0	2	6	57.1	95.5	52.6
Career		3	2	5.09	11	11	0	53.0	242	7	17	46	86.3		87.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	WSH	P	10	49	8	10	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2022	WSH	P	1	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Pit	287	65.0 IP, 25% K	6.09
2024	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Pit	21	5.2 IP, 38% K	3.46
2022	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Pit	401	97.0 IP, 26% K	3.71
2021	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Pit	121	24.2 IP, 20% K	7.44
2021	AA	Harrisburg Senators	Pit	243	58.0 IP, 33% K	2.79
2021	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Pit	158	40.2 IP, 45% K	1.79

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.332	0.291	0.319	0.310
2025	0.295	0.458	0.316	0.415
2022	0.325	0.471	0.433

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.