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Cade Cavalli

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 223 lb
Number: #24

Born: August 14, 1998 in Tulsa, OK, United States
MLB debut: August 26, 2022
Drafted: 2017, round 29
College: Oklahoma
High school: Bixby
Salary, 2026: $862,500

dbWAR: 4.5
IP: 169.2
ERA: 3.02
FIP: 3.26
K/9: 10.6
FIP−: 78

Cade Cavalli is a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2026 he struck out 200 batters over 169.2 innings across 32 appearances, 32 of them starts, going 13-5. His ERA of 3.02 is 27.6% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the second best on his team, and 96th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.26 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 27.4% of swings (13.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 28.3%. His 4.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP3.26

K/910.6

WHIP1.16

WAR4.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	WSH	32	32	169.2	13	5	148	57	200	48	3.02	3.26	1.16	10.6	2.5	72	78	4.1
2025	WSH	10	10	48.2	3	1	57	23	40	15	4.25	4.53	1.48	7.4	2.8	102	109	0.4
2022	WSH	1	1	4.1	0	1	6	7	6	2	14.54	3.80	1.85	12.5	4.2	366	96	0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	419	376	92	11	27	115	.245	.316	.372	.310	27.4%
vs RHB	287	261	56	7	21	85	.215	.279	.322	.272	29.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Cade Cavalli throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	32.6%	904	96.8	2,298	52.5%	22.8%	195	.282	.814
Knuckle Curve	27.0%	750	86.2	2,250	50.8%	40.1%	167	.198	.504
Sweeper	13.9%	387	86.3	2,302	48.6%	35.3%	104	.115	.352
Sinker	12.5%	347	96.1	2,148	47.6%	11.5%	92	.337	.827
Changeup	7.6%	212	89.1	1,956	40.6%	28.0%	43	.209	.739
Cutter	6.3%	176	93.5	2,291	48.3%	18.9%	37	.216	.751

Cade Cavalli's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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ERA: 3.03
FIP: 3.04
SO: 171
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ERA: 3.36
FIP: 3.02
SO: 211
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ERA: 3.82
FIP: 3.33
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Zack WheelerPHI

ERA: 3.06
FIP: 3.34
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WAR: 3.6

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.