share-square-1629781 Cade Cavalli thinks back to the thousands of swings he took in hopes of one day becoming a big league player. He's reached that goal, only now he's facing hitters from the mound, not the other way around. “It’s crazy that I’m a pitcher now, because I’ll talk to my dad and I’ll be like, ‘Man, we spent hours in the cages every night for years on years, and I’m pitching now,’” Cavalli said during MLB’s Rookie Program. “We aren’t doing what we were working on, so it’s funny.” It’s a good funny -- that kind of “he became a Major League first-round Draft pick as a standout right-hander” kind of funny. When Cavalli was available at the 22nd pick last June, the Nationals believed they had gotten a steal in the former two-way player out of Oklahoma.