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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.

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?

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.

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.

I am not saying don’t trade. I just think getting another starter is a way higher priority than catcher. We can’t go into a playoff series with only two reliable starters. Anthony Kay or Eric Fedde should not be starters in a 7 game series.

Yep. At some point you do need to trade.

I feel like usually, the first season a guy come back from TJ Surgery isn't that good. Hopefully different case here.

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.

So what does all this weight training do as all we see are more and more MLB players on the I L with leg injuries. Baseball is a game of agility and you aren’t going to be agile if you’re muscle bound, the muscles become too tight and you look like Charles Atlas. Teel probably went overboard with his weight training in the off season, back in my tennis days the trainer at my club in Wheaton believed in just toning up, not building up the muscles. In the old days of baseball we never saw hamstring pulls, all the teams wanted for players were to be in shape with running, stretching and calisthenics.

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.

Teel only had 63 ABs post rehab and hit .190 with 2 HR. Holding serve with Quero, who had 150ABs and hit .187 with 2 HR. There were higher expectations for Teel than there was for Quero. Teel chose to gain 20 pounds in the off-season and bulked up with weights. He will have time now to possibly consider a new path forward in terms of his conditioning and diet. Maybe lighter and faster like he used to be instead of heavier and stronger. IMO Getz will not settle for Quero as the primary catcher knowing that Teel is toast until some time next year.

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.

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The Cubs kind of cheaped out. But maybe cheaping out actually saved them from giving Tucker a bunch of money. He's been worse than Bregman this year. At least Tucker is under 30 and has a good chance of bouncing back. Hard to see that coming from Bregman.

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

The Cubs wish they had the Sox' home record

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