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Give Roch a week behind the plate down in Charlotte and bring him up as the Sox full time catcher for the rest of the year.

Did a little Google stalking and Boston Smith is as unique as his name. He is a good enough athlete that during his Junior year, he was Wright State’s starting shortstop. Apparently the team had other catchers. He isn’t super experienced at catcher, but he’s plenty athletic for the position. He’s new to calling games, so it would be a stretch to see him catch in the majors any time soon. He’s always hit though, so his bat has a chance of outpacing his glove since he can play left as well. Currently rocking a .500 ISO, which would make him a HoF. That’s gonna come down, but he had a .300 ISO in W-S. He’s one of those pop up guys who just has to prove it at every level, Ala Romy Gonzalez, but there’s a good chance Boston Smith is a dude.

Vargas and Mune, a love story:

thorpe is not anything to count on.

It’s pretty funny in the seasons that the Sox are good and we get to this time of season and invariably GreenSox gets super freaked out about trading anyone and everyone and ultimately falls into “doing nothing is best” on repeat

Not too late for Greg’s Tim Anderson plan…

I know this will be unpopular, but I wouldn't waste trade capital on a catcher, especially for a rental. I'd prefer they burry Quero in the 8/9 spot and hope the lineup gives him enough protection that we see a resurgent 2025 version of him. Losing Teel will suck, but it's not like they had him all that long this season to begin with. Just focus on pitching and bullpen help, IMO.

More than that. It looked like a high ankle to me. I'd say 4-6 weeks at best. This s%*# can linger. But as @Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her said at least now he can have a productive offseason if nothing else. Everything was fubar for him this year starting with probably over training in the offseason and then ramping up too fast for the WBC. Teal is a very intense guy, I think he was desperate to be a part of this team and maybe was just squeezing the bat, his body and his mind a little too hard. You guys are dogging that video of him on the training machine but that machine is designed to safely test forces, the machine gives way, the ground does not. That training had nothing to do with his injuries. Adding mass and ramping up too quickly and just bad luck was the cause.

Good news on Teel. This means he could be back this year, even if this feels like a lost year for him at this point from a production stand point. The good news is, he will likely have a normal offseason and can be 100% coming into next year. Achilles tear would have been a disaster.

Boston Smith is not catching for the White Sox this season. He's in the nascent stages of catching. Please defer all questions to Boston Smith experts @Timmy U and @Autumn Dreamin . https://www.soxtalk.com/forums/topic/124709-boston-smith/

Here's my trade proposal: White Sox get: Good, under-the-radar pitcher Other team gets: some Sox prospects Like and follow.

We don't even know what exactly is hurt, and we are already firing people. That's quality work.

But Crochet has been hurt and he doesn’t get knocked for that? Interesting.

Did Teel die?

I was impressed you got the 2 things in your check list also !

You've turned into a Panican !

Beni's contract aged just fine thank you very much.....just ignore the part where he was also marketed as a GG OF and not just a DH. I've never had much of a problem with him to be honest, probably because I hated that friggin guy from the Dodgers that he replaced here.

The Teel injury just underlines what we all already know: in sports, you’re always one play away from next man up. I am confident that if Cholowsky proves he’s ready, the opportunity will present itself. Maybe not as quick as he’d like, but either trades or injuries or poor performance will open the door for him. You can never have too many good players.

Just play the 2 catchers who carried us for 75% of this season. Sure beats a "let's rebuild in 2027" trade.

I can't root for the Cubs. Screw em

Go away

Asshole of America indeed.

The asshole of America.

If he even sticks there. He has games in the OF as well.

Why? He was replacement level before the injury. He hasn't thrown a ball in anger in what, 15 months? There is zero reason to expect him to contribute anything this season, and not much optimism beyond it, unless somehow he starts throwing 94-95 instead of 90-91.

They're 'roommates' like how my uncle has invited his 'roommate' to the last 20 years of family functions and sometimes they kiss each other. Just guys being dudes.

For a guy that has done literally nothing on a competitive mound after a major injury and surgery, to rush him back in less than a spring training is malpractice.

Remember Jerry Krause was called "The Sleuth" for his secret scouting. He would sit up in stands with a hat on and keep a low profile. Poor Jerry, eating a hotdog with mustard stains on his shirt would always give him away.

Yep. At some point you do need to trade.

If you get him into a spring training type ramp up schedule, that gets him ready about the first of September around roster expansion time.

Yep. Go with Quero and Romo (or DFA him and give Turner a shot) and hit them 8th (I would say 9th but I like the idea of a 2nd leadoff hitter in the 9 spot when the lineup flips)

Talk about premature. Crochet is fragile AF. Let's see him actually pitch and be effective. It's why I was OK with not extending him early.

Skubal then defeats the Tigers in the World Series

When they do the Double Dutch, that’s them dancin

If Stoney decides to hang it up, can we get Dan Plesac full time as a color guy? He and Schriff are pretty solid together. They’ve got good chemistry.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=07/21/2026 https://www.mlb.com/milb/scores/all/all/whitesox?affiliateId=mlbcom-milb Full slate.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

He was part of the team hitting a buck ninety. We might be upgrading, or holding serve here.

Our thoughts are with Kyle Teel as he faces this next challenge. He was part of a great young team with unlimited expectations and now he isn't.

Other antics

Again "left ankle" and "likely" a Teel IL trip pending scans in the morning. Feels like an Achilles would be more definitive. Colson "feels good" so sounds like nothing more than a day or two there

Oh the horror

Kyle Teel, I apologize for any curse I put on you due to my posting the day you got hurt. Please let whatever this injury is end up being far less significant and you are back crushing it before we know it. best thoughts going your way

While my gut feeling is it's close to the worst case scenario, you really can't even go a day without a second catcher so I think Quero would be coming up no matter what, even if they thought Teel was going to feel okay after a few days