For Cade Cavalli , this season was a long time coming.

Not just for the three years since making his Major League debut and then being sidelined by injuries – for his entire baseball career. Cavalli, 27, completed his first season as a healthy big league starter.

The electric right-hander returned to the Majors on Aug. 6 from a lengthy Tommy John surgery rehab and made 10 starts for Washington. Between the Major and Minor Leagues this season, Cavalli threw 122 2/3 innings.

“Feeling very grateful,” said Cavalli, a 2020 first-round Draft pick . “I don't know how else to put it. It’s been a long, long road to have a full season healthy.”

Cavalli’s 2025 performance is encouraging for the Nationals as they look to build their starting rotation for ‘26. Washington concluded this year

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