Chace signed with the Orioles in July 2019 for $225,000 out of Venezuela and like all the members of that international signing class, he had to wait until 2021 to make his professional debut. He skipped over the Dominican Summer League to start in the Florida Complex League, with mixed results. He missed a lot of bats and walked a lot of hitters with a move to full-season Delmarva in 2022. He made some progress with High-A Aberdeen in 2024 when he was sent with Seth Johnson to the Phillies in the Gregory Soto deal.
A strong, compact and athletic right-hander, Chace has an intriguing three-pitch mix. He leads with a fastball that sits in the low 90s, but plays up because of the ride up in the zone and low approach angle. Both his sweeper and his changeup have the chance to be very effective secondary offerings that can miss bats consistently.
All of these ingredients point to Chace having the chance to start, though the main obstacle to that has been his inability to find the strike zone. If he can refine his command, he could land in the back of a rotation; if not, he still could have value in a big league bullpen.
