Chris Lee P

Chris Lee  P

2017: Pitched the whole year with Norfolk, where he was 5-6 with a 5.11 ERA in 27 games (20 starts)... Led the Tides with 116.1 innings pitched and ranked 2nd on the team with 83 strikeouts (trailing Jayson Aquino, 89)... Posted a 2.06 ERA (12 ER, 52.1 IP) in 11 games (seven starts) at Harbor Park, but a 7.59 ERA on the road... Went 1-1 with a 1.48 ERA (4 ER, 24.1 IP) in seven relief outings while going 4-5 with a 6.07 ERA in 20 starts... Earned his first Triple-A victory, 4/26 vs. Buffalo (6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K)... Posted a 2.61 ERA in 10 games (three starts) after the All-Star break after yielding a 6.32 ERA in 17 first half starts... Registered a season-high seven strikeouts in his final start of the season, 9/2 at Charlotte... In his six losses, he posted a 12.49 ERA (31 ER, 22.1 IP); in his other 21 outings, he registered a 3.35 ERA (35 ER, 94.0 IP)
2016: Went 5-0 with a 2.98 ERA in eight games (seven starts) for Double-A Bowie before a shoulder injury ended his season... Won each of his first five decisions to open the season, posting a 2.30 ERA (8 ER, 31.1 IP) over that span... Tossed at least 6.0 innings in each of his eight appearances, including a career-high 8.0 innings on May 23 at Hartford... Held Eastern League batters to a .222 average, with left-handers batting .155 (9-58) against him... Allowed three earned runs or less in seven of his eight appearances, and one run or less in four of his outings... Suffered soreness in the lat muscle area of his left shoulder and was placed on the disabled list, June 5... Rated by Baseball America after the season as the #9 prospect in the Orioles organization.
2015: Began season with Class-A Quad Cities in the Houston system, going 3-2 with a 4.11 ERA in seven games (six starts)...Won his final three starts with the River Bandits, posting a 2.40 ERA (4 ER, 15.0 IP) with 12 strikeouts...Traded to Baltimore for two international bonus slots on May 18 and assigned to Class-A Frederick...Went 3-6 with a 3.07 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 14 starts with the Keys...Struck out a season-high seven batters over 6.0 IP on July 17 at Wilmington...Promoted to Double-A Bowie (8/3) and made seven starts with Bowie, going 4-2 with a 3.08 ERA...Won his first three starts with the Baysox, going 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA (4 ER, 17.1 IP) over that span...Made two playoff appearances for Bowie, going 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA (4 ER, 10.0 IP)...Between Quad Cities, Frederick and Bowie, combined to go 10-10 with a 3.29 ERA in 28 games (27 starts)...Gave Bowie a 2-1 series lead against Altoona with a win in Game 3 of the first round (6.0 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 4 SO, 1 BB)...Added to Baltimore's 40-man roster on 11/20.
2014: Spent the entire campaign with Class-A Quad Cities, making 28 appearances (16 starts)…Went 8-6 with a 3.66 ERA, 75 strikeouts and 51 walks…Went 2-5 with a 4.40 ERA in the first half of the season before going 6-1 with a 2.91 ERA after the All-Star break…Named Quad Cities pitcher of the month in August after going 2-1 with a 2.66 ERA in six games.
2013: Made 11 appearances with Class-A Greeneville (10 starts) compiling a 2-2 record with a 3.10 ERA…Struck out a career-high eight batters twice, including eight in his first start of the season (June 21 at Bluefield)…Ranked as the Astros #22 prospect by Baseball America following the season.
2012: Appeared in five games (three starts) with Greeneville going 1-2 while striking out nine and walking nine.
2011: Made his professional debut in the Houston Astros organization for rookie level Greenville, going 1-5 with a 5.18 ERA in 13 starts.
PERSONAL: Christopher Ulysses Lee was acquired by Baltimore from the Houston Astros in exchange for two international bonus slots on 5/18/15...Originally drafted by Houston in the 4th round of the 2011 MLB draft…Was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 37th round of the 2010 draft but did not sign…Attended Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, FL for one season…Attended T.R. Robinson High School in Tampa, FL.