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Chase Lee
Texas Rangers
Pitcher
Born: (1998-08-13) August 13, 1998 (age 26)
Birmingham, Alabama
Bats: RightThrows: Right

Chase Lee (born August 13, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Lee grew up in McCalla, Alabama and attended McAdory High School. He played mostly shortstop in high school and was used as a pitcher sparingly in one season.

Lee enrolled at the University of Alabama after having received no offers to play college baseball. He tried out for the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team as a freshman, but was not offered a spot on the team. Lee changed his pitching motion to a sidearm delivery at the recommendation of Alabama head coach Brad Bohannon and joined the Alabama club baseball team, where he posted a 7-0 record and a 0.21 ERA. He made the Crimson Tide as a walk-on the following season and posted a 2.67 ERA in 22 appearances with 24 strikeouts over 31+1⁄3 innings pitched. Lee was named Alabama's closer going into his redshirt sophomore season and had a 1.64 ERA and 19 strikeouts in five appearances before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a junior, he was named a third team All-American after posting a 7-0 record with a 1.33 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 40+2⁄3 innings pitched.

Lee was selected by the Texas Rangers in the sixth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft. After signing with the team he was assigned to the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Rangers, where he made one appearance before being promoted to the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders.

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