Chase Lee #52

Chase Alexander Lee...Graduated from McAdory High School in McCalla, Ala....Helped his team to the AHSAA playoffs in both his junior and senior seasons...Earned All-Jefferson County accolades from the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association after his senior year...Attended Alabama University from 2018-21, combining to appear in 49 games going 9-0 with a 1.87 ERA (17 ER/82.0 IP), 21 walks, 94 strikeouts and a 1.00 WHIP...Named Most Valuable player, Rawlings National Club Baseball Association First Team All-American, and NCBA South Atlantic First Team All-Region honors for the club squad as a freshman in 2018, before joining the Crimson Tide baseball team...As a junior earned Third Team All-America recognition, First Team All-Southeast Region honors, and was selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District IV First Team...Graduated from Alabama University with a degree in aerospace engineering.

2025

Appeared in 32 games for the Detroit Tigers at the MLB level in his rookie campaign...Posted a 4.10 ERA (17 ER/37.1 IP) with a 1.10 WHIP, a 6.1% walk rate, and a 24.3% strikeout rate... Featured the fourth-lowest release height (3.75 ft.) in the Majors (min. 500 pitches), including the third-lowest among right-handed pitchers, trailing only teammate Tyler Rogers (1.33 ft.) and Ryan Thompson (3.66 ft.)...Against his four-seamer at the MLB level, opponents hit just .188 with a .153 xBA, a .313 SLG, a .200 xSLG, a .277 wOBA and a 26.5% whiff rate...At the MLB level, held left-handed hitters to a .193 batting AVG with a .254 OBP and a .587 opponent OPS, while posting a 22.2% strikeout rate...Recalled to the MLB roster for the first time on April 22...Had five separate stints at the big league level, also being recalled to the MLB roster on May 10, May 19, Sept. 1 and Sept. 29...Made his MLB debut on April 22 vs. SD, throwing 1.2 scoreless innings with a pair of walks and a strikeout...Recorded his first career strikeout in his MLB debut, getting Mason McCoy to swing at an 0-2 sweeper...In 23 appearances at the Triple-A level with Toledo, posted a 6.47 ERA (23 ER/32.0 IP) with a 3.45 FIP, a 2.98 xFIP, a 1.25 WHIP, a 7.4% walk rate, a 28.1% strikeout rate and a 29.6% whiff rate.

2024

Began the 2024 season on the injured list, sidelining him until a rehab assignment in June...Went 2-3 with a 2.75 ERA in 28 games (one start) with the ACL Rangers, Triple-A Round Rock and Toledo...Traded to Detroit on July 30 and had his contract selected by the Tigers on Nov. 19.

2023

Spent the entire 2023 season with Triple-A Round Rock, going 3-4 with a 3.98 ERA in 47 games (four starts)...Went 2-2 with a 4.07 ERA in 51 games between Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Round Rock in 2022...Limited opponents to a .186 batting average in 21 games with Frisco...Pitched in 14 games in his first professional season in 2021...Earned three saves in 13 games with Double-A Frisco.

2022

Was honored as the organization’s Minor League Reliever of the Year after he went 2-2 with a 4.07 ERA (25 ER/55.1 IP), seven saves, 71 strikeouts, and just two home runs allowed over 51 appearances for Double-A Frisco (21 G) and Triple-A Round Rock (30 G) in his second pro season...struck out 70 of 238 (29.4%) batters faced while walking just 19 of 238 BF (8.0%)...was particularly dominant against left-handed hitters, holding LHB to a .253 opp. BA and .584 opp. OPS...promoted to Round Rock on 6/5 for his first career Triple-A action...finished the year by posting a 2.73 ERA (8 ER/26.1 IP) over his final 24 outings, including a scoreless streak spanning 11 appearances and 13.0 innings from 7/17-8/25 at Triple-A.

2021

Made 14 relief appearances for the ACL Rangers (Rk.) and Frisco (AA) in his first professional season, going 0-1 with 3 saves and a 3.50 ERA (7 ER/18.0 IP), averaging 15.0 strikeouts per 9 innings and striking out 30 of 69 (43.5%) batters faced…was selected in the draft on 7/12 and fanned 3 of 4 batters in scoreless Arizona Complex League debut on 7/31 at ACL Angels, his only outing at the Rookie level before being advanced to Frisco on 8/3…allowed just 2 R-ER in his first 11 G for the RoughRiders before being tagged for 5 R-ER in his last 2 appearances of the season…opponents batted .185 (12-65) overall and worked just 3 walks.