White Sox have reportedly shut down Red Sox’ attempts to reacquire Kyle Teel

An attention-grabbing nugget emerged earlier this week when it was reported that the Crimson Sox were making an attempt to get back catcher Kyle Teel, who they traded to the White Sox for Garrett Crochet final December. However that try appears more likely to fall quick.

The White Sox have “shut down each inquiry” the Crimson Sox have made for Teel, The Athletic‘s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported.

“They haven’t any need to commerce an athletic, left-handed-hitting catcher who can management the strike zone and run,” Rosenthal and Sammon added of the White Sox’ need to maintain Teel in Chicago.

Teel, who’ll flip 24 in February, was the headliner prospect within the Crimson Sox’ four-player package deal for Crochet, rating because the Twenty fifth-best prospect in baseball on the time of the commerce (per MLB Pipeline). He was additionally Boston’s fourth-ranked prospect when it traded him to Chicago, rising to Triple-A Worcester concurrently Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, and Kristian Campbell. The Crimson Sox additionally gave up Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth, and Wikelman Gonzalez within the deal for Crochet.

Teel, who Boston chosen within the first spherical of the 2023 draft, shortly made his method as much as the majors, getting known as up in June and hitting fairly nicely in his rookie season. He logged a .273 batting common with a .786 OPS, eight residence runs, and 35 RBIs in 78 video games. However he had some struggles behind the plate, along with his minus-seven Outs Above Common rating among the many worst in baseball.

The Crimson Sox don’t have a urgent want for a catcher as Carlos Narvaez had a powerful rookie season in Boston. However the Crimson Sox have been open to including one other catcher this offseason, and the White Sox had been believed to be listening to commerce affords for Teel and fellow younger catcher Edgar Quero, MassLive’s Sean McAdam reported earlier in December.

Even when the Crimson Sox don’t want a catcher, Teel remains to be promising sufficient as a hitter that it will’ve made sense to no less than take into account a reunion if the White Sox made him accessible. Previous to getting traded, Teel hit .288 with .879 OPS, 13 residence runs, and 78 RBIs in his lone full season in Boston’s minor league system.

Teel isn’t the one catcher the Crimson Sox have been linked to this offseason. They’ve additionally reportedly shown interest in Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto in free company. The 34-year-old posted a .257 batting common with a .700 OPS and 12 homers in 134 video games