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NIKO KAVADAS

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BORN: OCT. 27, 1998 OPENING DAY AGE: 26
BIRTHPLACE: SOUTH BEND, IN RESIDES: SOUTH BEND, IN
MLB SERVICE: 45 DAYS
ACQUIRED: FROM BOSTON WITH OF MATTHEW LUGO, RHP RYAN ZEFERJAHN,
AND RHP YEFERSON VARGAS FOR RHP LUIS GARCÍA, JULY 30, 2024
SIGNED THRU: 2025; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 0/3 OPTIONS USED

KAVADAS’ LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E KAVADAS
2021— FCL Red Sox .227 8 22 4 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 .455 .414 2
Salem .286 7 21 6 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 8 0 7 0 0 0 .524 .483 0
2022— Salem .286 59 192 35 55 18 1 14 48 0 2 6 54 0 70 1 1 1 .609 .453 2
Greenville .308 37 120 27 37 4 0 10 28 0 2 7 32 1 42 0 0 3 .592 .472 5
Portland .222 24 81 9 18 3 0 2 10 0 0 3 16 1 40 0 0 0 .333 .370 1
2023— Portland .204 69 221 35 45 8 0 14 42 0 4 5 63 1 110 2 0 2 .430 .386 0
Worcester .209 48 148 27 31 8 0 8 27 0 2 2 35 0 62 0 0 2 .426 .364 4
2024— Worcester .281 83 263 57 74 20 0 17 63 0 4 10 58 0 112 0 1 4 .551 .424 5
Salt Lake .159 11 44 4 7 2 0 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 18 0 0 1 .341 .229 0
LAA .183 30 93 11 17 2 0 4 8 0 0 2 11 0 41 1 0 0 .333 .283 0
MAJOR TOTALS .183 30 93 11 17 2 0 4 8 0 0 2 11 0 41 1 0 0 .333 .283 0
MINOR TOTALS .250 346 1112 204 278 67 1 69 228 0 14 33 277 3 467 3 2 13 .498 .409 19
2024 SEASON
◆ Began season with Triple-A Worcester and set career highs with a .281 (74/263) average and .975 OPS with 20
doubles and 17 home runs in 83 games.
◆ Acquired by Angels in a package with minor league OF Matthew Lugo, RHP Ryan Zeferjahn, and RHP Yeferson
Vargas for RHP Luis García on July 30.
◆ Played in 11 games for Triple-A Salt Lake before contract was selected by Angels on Aug. 16...Made Major League
debut Aug. 16 against Atlanta.
◆ Logged first career hit, home run, and RBI off of Toronto RHP Tommy Nance on Aug. 22.
◆ Played in 30 games for Halos in first MLB action and compiled 17 hits, 11 runs scored, six extra-base hits, and
eight RBI with one stolen base.
◆ Recorded 12 hits across last 15 games after having five hits in first 15 games...Logged four multi-hit games.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Made Major League debut Aug. 16, 2024 vs. Atlanta...Collected first career Major League hit and home run on
Aug. 22 against Blue Jays RHP Tommy Nance.
◆ Named 2022 MiLB.com Organization All-Star, 2022 Carolina League Post-Season All-Star, and 2022 Baseball
America Low Class A All-Star...Took home Carolina Player of the Month honors for June 2022, and was named
Carolina League Player of the Week for the week of June 19, 2022.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ July 13, 2021...Selected by Red Sox in 11th round of First-Year Player Draft.
◆ July 30, 2024...Traded by Red Sox with OF Matthew Lugo, RHP Ryan Zeferjahn, and RHP Yeferson Vargas to Angels
for RHP Luis García.
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Nikolos Siade Kavadas (kuh-VAH-dis)...Twitter: @NikoKavadas
◆ Played 4 seasons at the University of Notre Dame (2018-21)...Was named a Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser
Award semifinalist in 2021...Also named a Baseball America First Team All-American and First Team All-ACC in 2021.
◆ Played for Harwich in the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2019...Named a CCBL All-Star, batted .274 (33-for-131)
with 9 HR and 33 RBI in 40 games.
◆ Graduated from Penn High School (Mishawaka, IN)...Grew up a Chicago Cubs fan.
◆ Signed by Red Sox scout Danny Watkins.

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