Cade made his Major League debut in his fourth professional season with the Cubs last year. At the beginning of the 2025 season, was ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Cubs' No. 2 prospect and the No. 52 overall prospect in baseball...Was named the Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2023, after going 4-4 with a 2.65 ERA (26 ER/88.1 IP) and 117 strikeouts in 21 starts...Following the 2023 campaign, was named a Baseball America Minor League All-Star, All-MiLB Prospect Second Team and MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...Was selected by the Cubs in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2022 draft...Attended the University of Oklahoma, where he was originally committed to play both baseball and football...Graduated from Norman High School (Okla.).
2025
Cade made 23 appearances (22 starts) with the Cubs in 2025, pitching to a 11-4 record with a 2.67 ERA (35 ER/118.0 IP) and 97 strikeouts...Made his major league debut against the New York Mets at Citi Field, pitching four relief innings ... that marked his only relief appearance of the season...Pitched to a 1.03 ERA (7 ER/61.1 IP) since the All-Star break, allowing two or fewer runs in 12 consecutive starts...Finished the season on the injured list with a right rib fracture...Began the season at Triple-A Iowa, going 2-1 with a 1.24 ERA (4 ER/29.0 IP) in six starts ... his 1.24 ERA was the lowest in the International League (min. 6 GS) at the time of his selection...Allowed one run or fewer and struck out at least five batters in all six of his starts this season at Triple-A...Had his contract selected and made his Major League debut May 10 in New York vs. the Mets ... became the first Cub to earn a win in relief in their major league debut since Daniel Palencia (July 4, 2023 at Milwaukee)...Became the seventh pitcher in Cubs history (since 1901) to record a win in each of their first two Major League outings (last - Jordan Wicks in 2023)...Joined Scott Effross (May 3, 2022) as the second pitcher in Cubs franchise history to make their first career start vs. the White Sox...Pitched to a 2.16 ERA (4 ER/16.2 IP) in three starts from May 21-June 3, allowing two earned runs or fewer in all three starts...Worked into the sixth inning for the first time in his career May 21 in Miami, allowing one run in the Cubs' 2-1 win...Tossed a career-high six innings and recorded a career-high six strikeouts May 27 vs. Colorado...Allowed a career-high seven runs June 27 at Houston...Tossed a career-high seven scoreless innings July 3 vs. Cleveland...Posted a 28.1-inning scoreless streak from July 9-Aug. 13, the third-longest by a Cub prior to their 24th birthday in franchise history, trailing Ken Holtzman (33.0 IP - May 1969) and Vern Olsen (30.0 IP - June 1941)...At the time, the streak was tied with the Yankees' Clarke Schmidt for the longest by any pitcher in the majors this season...Tossed five no-hit innings Sept. 3 vs. Atlanta, the longest no-hit bid by a Cubs starter since Shota Imanaga's 7 IP Sept. 4, 2024 vs. Pittsburgh...Was on the injured list with a right rib fracture Sept. 27-Oct. 12.
2024
Cade was limited to nine starts in 2024 with Double-A Tennessee (four starts) and Triple-A Iowa (five starts), going 2-1 with a 4.46 ERA (17 ER/34.1 IP)...Began the season with the Smokies, going 1-0 with a 1.10 ERA (2 ER/16.1 IP) in four starts...Allowed one earned run or fewer in all four of his outings...Tossed five scoreless inning with six strikeouts April 27 at Rocket City...Was promoted to the I-Cubs April 30...Made five starts with Iowa prior to being placed on the injured list May 30 with a right lat strain...missed the remainder of the season with the injury...Following the season, ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Cubs' No. 3 prospect, MLB's No. 8 RHP prospect and MLB's No. 42 overall prospect.
2023
Was named the Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2023, after going 4-4 with a 2.65 ERA (26 ER/88.1 IP) and 117 strikeouts in 21 starts with Single-A Myrtle Beach, High-A South Bend and Tennessee...Struck out 117 batters in 88.1 IP, good for a 33.5% strikeout rate and 11.92 SO/9.0 IP ratio...Struck out a season-high 10 batters over 5.0 scoreless innings June 7 vs. Lansing...Allowed three runs or fewer in each of his final nine starts of the campaign (1.82 ERA)…Was named the Midwest League Pitcher of the Week on July 2, after striking out seven in 5.2 scoreless innings June 29 at Beloit...Following the season, earned Baseball America Minor League All-Star, All-MiLB Prospect Second Team and MiLB. com Organizational All-Star honors.
2022
Did not pitch during the 2022 season after being drafted by the Cubs in July.
