The Cavalli Has Arrived (delayed until 2025) - Cade Cavalli

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I think the low pitch count may be that they will ramp up the innings and pitches closer to his call up.

The other thing is that he was so dominant that he may have thrown more had he not been just 2 batters over the minimum thru 5. They just didn't touch him

[Slateman]

Agree with that too. I don't think he's cracked 80 pitches in an outing yet. Lots of time though.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

big thing is his stuff looked dominant. I feel the pitch count and innings will be managed this year.

[aspenbubba]

Are they being overly cautious or is he just running out of stamina? That is why I thought he may end up as the "closer" a week ago.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Are they being overly cautious or is he just running out of stamina? That is why I thought he may end up as the "closer" a week ago.

cautious, conservative, planned . . . there's a lot of words for it. Judging off of past statements and usage of pitchers, they value pitchers going deep into the season and making starts every 5 days more than how deep they can go in a game and racking up Scherzer-esque pitch counts. I've only seen yesterday's start this season, but he showed no signs of being tired when they pulled him. As Slate noted, he was a consistent 96/97 even into his last inning, and I think he retired the side in order. It definitely looked like a strategic move based on their season plan rather than a tactical move based on game situation.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

After throwing five scoreless innings Sunday, sitting 97 mph with his fastball while doing so, Cavalli has a 1.55 ERA and 30 strikeouts to just six walks over his past five starts.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/06/08/nationals-rangers-trevor-williams-nasim-nunez/

23.2 IP. 1 HR. 17-21 hitters each start (17 yesterday). three 5 IP starts, one 4.2, and one 4. This was also his first start on 4 days rest.

[Slateman]

cautious, conservative, planned . . . there's a lot of words for it.

I agree with planned. Some of this is building up stamina, slowly over time. After all, it's been two years. But mostly it's being cautious.

If we were actually in a playoff hunt, he'd be called up. Trevor Williams can't go five innings. Cavali can do at least that now.

[imref]

Struggled in the 1st yesterday before retiring 8 of the last 10 he faced.  Final line: 3⅔ IP, 2H, 3R, 3ER, 5BB, 2K