ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Spend just a few minutes with Freddy Cavazos, and you'll quickly learn he's the most popular guy in the ballpark.

What You Need To Know


  • Dell Diamond hosted final game for seniors from Pflugerville ISD

  • Cavazos talks about his last season and injury

  • Decided on going to Northeast College

"Gotta say hi to everyone," said Cavazos. "Be nice to everyone, everyone will be nice to you."

And he's popular in the dugout as well.

"Lots of positive energy, he just keeps a smile on everyone's face," said his teammate Austin Adair. 

"He's just that guy who brings everybody up," said another teammate Aaron Vargas. 

Dell Diamond hosted "The Pfinal Game", where seniors from four different Pflugerville ISD schools were invited to all play together one last time.

Cavazos knows his role in this game was no different. Though it looks different because his arm is in a sling--Cavazos is recovering from a torn labrum. He hurt it playing football, but once baseball season rolled around  he decided to play through the pain.

He helped his team jump out to a 10-2 start, before the rest of the season was canceled because of the coronavirus. That's when Cavazos went ahead with shoulder surgery. 

"We got back from the bus one night and coach was like, 'Uh, that might have been your last game,'" Cavazos explained. "And sure enough, it was."

For someone who's been playing baseball since he was four, not being able to play his final high school game brings up a lot of emotions. Up in the stands, his mom Virginia Tovias said it's a sentimental night for her, as well.

"He kept us busy all these years, so now we're going to be in shock when school starts up again knowing that no more sports, no more games," she said. 

For Cavazos, there will be more games. He's heading off to Northeast Texas, a Division I junior college.

Perhaps it's all the support Cavazos has received that's taught him the most about baseball. 

"I just love the sport," he said. "The atmosphere, my teammates, everything about it."

That without a love for his team, there'd be no love for the game.

Cavazos says rehab is going well and he's on track to play ball again in February, just in time for his first season at junior college.