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Since the All-Star break, A’s rookie sensation Nick Kurtz is perhaps the only bat hotter than catcher Shea Langeliers.

When right-hander Cade Cavalli walked off the mound from his Major League debut on Aug. 26, 2022, at Nationals Park, there was no way to know 1,076 days would pass before he would return.