Caudill attended Aviation High School in Redondo Beach, California, and graduated in 1974. He was selected in the eighth round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.\n', '

After three seasons in the Cardinals\' farm system, in which he went 21–23 with a 3.57 earned run average, he was dealt to the Cincinnati Reds for Joel Youngblood just before the start of the 1977 season. He went 15–6 with a 4.04 ERA his only season in the Reds\' farm system, after which he and Woodie Fryman were traded to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Bonham.\n', '

Caudill spent the 1978 season with the Wichita Aeros of the American Association. He split the 1979 season between Wichita and the Cubs, making his major league debut on May 12. Though he had been used almost exclusively as a starter in the minors, he made his major league debut in relief. Already down 10–3 to the Houston Astros, Caudill was called upon for mop up duty. He pitched the rest of the game, giving up only one unearned run. Splitting his time between the bullpen and the starting rotation, Caudill went 1–7 with a 4.80 ERA and 104 strikeouts his rookie season. He recorded his first MLB win on September 29, 1979.\n', '

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