"He steadily climbed the minor league ladder in Houston until he reached the Double-A level in 2023. He hit a middling .220/.333/.397 in 122 games with Corpus Christi that year, and made a return to the level in 2024. Repeating a level for the first time in his career did not go especially well, as Stevens hit just .153/.242/.235 in 95 plate appearances before the Astros decided to release him in May of last year."
"Fortunately for both Stevens and the Angels, he returned to Salt Lake at the start of the 2025 and quickly proved he was up to the challenge Triple-A had to offer. In his first 72 games at the level this year, Stevens hit .302 with a .389 on-base percentage and slugged .542. That was enough, in the organization's mind, to earn the 26-year-old his first big league call-up."
Chad Stevens, 26, was designated for assignment and then outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Angels. Stevens was an 11th-round pick by the Astros in 2021 and advanced to Double-A in 2023, hitting .220/.333/.397 in 122 games. After struggling in early 2024 (.153/.242/.235 in 95 plate appearances), Houston released him and the Angels signed him to a minor league deal. He rebounded at High-A and Double-A, earned a promotion to Triple-A, and finished the prior season with a .238/.289/.345 line. In 2025 he hit .302/.389/.542 in 72 Triple-A games, earned a July 3 call-up, went 2-for-13 in five MLB games, and returned to the minors before being outrighted.
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