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Niko
Niko
KAVADAS 66

Bats Throws Height Weight
Infielder LEFT RIGHT 6-0 250
BORN: OCT. 27, 1998 OPENING DAY AGE: 27
BIRTHPLACE: SOUTH BEND, IN RESIDES: SOUTH BEND, IN
MLB SERVICE: 75 DAYS
ACQUIRED: FROM BOSTON WITH OF MATTHEW LUGO, RHP RYAN ZEFERJAHN,
AND RHP YEFERSON VARGAS FOR RHP LUIS GARCÍA, JULY 30, 2024
SIGNED THRU: 2026; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 1/3 OPTIONS USED

NON-ROSTER INVITEE
KAVADAS’ LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
KAVADAS
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
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
2025— Salt Lake .235 116 434 76 102 16 3 28 84 0 4 14 75 2 163 1 1 5 .479 .362 8
LAA .100 10 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 .100 .217 0
MAJOR TOTALS .168 40 113 11 19 2 0 4 8 0 0 2 14 0 51 1 0 0 .292 .271 0
MINOR TOTALS .246 462 1546 280 380 83 4 97 312 0 18 47 352 5 630 4 3 18 .493 .397 27
2025 SEASON
◆ Opened season with Triple-A Salt Lake...Batted .248 (27/109) with a .826 OPS in his first 29 games and was
recalled by Angels on May 2.
◆ Played 10 games with Halos across three Major League stints in 2025...Recorded two hits and three walks.
◆ Batted .295 (13/44) with a .972 OPS across 11 games with the Bees in Sept....Was named the Pacific Coast
League Player of the Week for Sept. 15-21 after batting .318 (7/22) with six runs scored, one double five home
runs, and nine RBI during the week.
◆ Visited Twila Reid Elementary School on Aug. 20 as part of the Angels Rally Readers program...Led storytime,
took questions and passed out prizes.
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 a 2024 Arizona Fall League All-Star after batting .329 (23/70) with a 1.162 OPS in 20 games for the Mesa Solar Sox.
◆ 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)...X: @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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