Chase Lee #53

Went 9-0 with a 1.87 ERA in 49 games (three years) with Alabama...Struck out 94 batters compared to 21 walks in his 82 innings pitched...Selected by the Texas Rangers in the sixth round of the 2021 draft...Traded to Detroit on July 30, 2024, as part of a package for reliever Andrew Chafin.

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.