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Sitting versus southpaw Kavadas is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Rangers.

Impact It's lefty Cody Bradford on the bump for the Rangers, so the lefty-hitting Kavadas will begin the series opener on the bench. Brandon Drury will occupy the designated hitter slot.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Pops second homer Kavadas went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 10-1 win over the Dodgers.

Impact Kavadas has gotten off to a slow start in his big-league career, hitting safely in just four of his first 13 games. He has two homers, one stolen base and four RBI so far, but he's also piled up 21 strikeouts. Kavadas looks to have settled into slightly less than a strong-side platoon role at designated hitter, but that high strikeout rate could cost him playing time down the stretch even with the Angels in evaluation mode.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Sitting in second straight game Kavadas is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners.

Impact The left-handed-hitting Kavadas' run as a regular in the Angels lineup could be coming to an end; he'll now head to the bench for the second straight matchup with a right-hander. Since getting called up from Triple-A Salt Lake on Aug. 16, Kavadas has gone 3-for-34 (.088 average) with one home run and a 48.6 percent strikeout rate.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Not starting Saturday Kavadas is absent from Saturday's lineup against the Mariners, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

Impact Kavadas will take a seat Saturday after going 0-for-4 on Friday. Matt Thaiss will serve as the designated hitter and bat eighth.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Not starting Saturday Kavadas is absent from Saturday's lineup against the Mariners, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

Impact Kavadas will take a seat Saturday after going 0-for-4 on Friday. Matt Thaiss will serve as the designated hitter and bat eighth.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

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AUGUST 29, 2024 • SACBEE.COM

Sitting versus southpaw Kavadas is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game at Detroit, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.

Impact Kavadas started the previous five games but will hit the bench Sunday after going 1-for-17 with eight strikeouts during that span. Brandon Drury will serve as the designated hitter while Jacob Lopez starts at second base against Tigers lefty Brant Hurter.

AUGUST 27, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

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AUGUST 24, 2024 • MLB.COM

Belts first big-league homer Kavadas went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in a loss to Toronto on Thursday.

Impact The Angels' offense had been shut out until Kavadas made things interesting with a three-run blast to left field in the ninth inning. The long ball was not only his first as a major-leaguer, it was also his first hit of any kind -- he had gone 0-for-14 prior to the homer. Kavadas has intriguing power, as he went deep 19 times in 94 games in Triple-A this season prior to being called up Aug. 16.

AUGUST 23, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Sitting versus southpaw Kavadas isn't in the Angels' lineup for Tuesday's game versus Kansas City, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.

Impact The lefty-hitting Kavadas will take a seat Tuesday while the Royals send left-hander Cole Ragans to the mound. Brandon Drury will instead serve as Los Angeles' designated hitter, allowing Jack Lopez to start at second base and bat ninth.

AUGUST 20, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Not facing lefty Kavadas is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against Atlanta.

Impact Kavadas went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and a walk in his MLB debut Friday, but he'll take a seat Saturday against southpaw Chris Sale. Kavadas figures to see plenty of action at DH against right-handers now that Willie Calhoun is off the Angels' roster.

AUGUST 17, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Coming up from Triple-A The Angels will call up Kavadas from Triple-A Salt Lake prior to Friday's game versus Atlanta, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

Impact Acquired from the Red Sox at the trade deadline in the Luis Garcia deal, Kavadas has slashed .264/.400/.521 with 19 home runs over 94 games at the Triple-A level in 2024. He's a three true outcomes hitter with 27 homers, a 33.7 percent strikeout rate and a 17 percent walk rate across 570 plate appearances at Triple-A over the last two seasons. With Willie Calhoun having been designated for assignment, Kavadas appears likely to soak up lots of playing time at designated hitter versus right-handed pitching.

AUGUST 16, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Traded to Angels Kavadas was traded from the Red Sox to the Angels on Tuesday along with Matthew Lugo, Ryan Zeferjahn and Yeferson Vargas in exchange for Luis Garcia, Sam Blum of The Athletic repor...

Impact A first baseman/designated hitter with huge raw power and a lot of strikeouts, Kavadas has a better chance of breaking through with the Angels than he did with Boston. A fourth-round pick in 2021, Kavadas is already 25 and is repeating Triple-A this season. The lefty-hitting slugger slashed .281/.424/.551 with 17 home runs and a 33.4 percent strikeout rate in 83 games for Triple-A Worcester.

JULY 30, 2024 • ROTOWIRE