Kyle Teel

Kyle Henry Teel

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.
School University of Virginia
High School Mahwah High School
Debut June 6, 2025

Born February 15, 2002 in Ridgewood, NJ USA

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Catcher Kyle Teel was the 14th overall pick of the 1st round of the 2023 amateur draft, taken by the Boston Red Sox out of the University of Virginia. He had been a standout hitter for the Cavaliers, batting .407 and slugging .655 in 65 games in 2023, while scoring 67 runs and driving in 69. He played on the USA College National Team in both 2021 and 2022, hitting .176/.263/.235 in the 2022 Haarlem Baseball Week, and appeared in the 2021 and 2023 College World Series. In 2023, he won the Buster Posey Award as the best collegiate catcher in the country. However, unlike some other strong-hitting catchers who have been taken with top picks, there was no talk of having him switch positions to take advantage of his bat, as he was considered an excellent defensive catcher as well, with a strong arm.

After signing with Boston, he played 3 games for the GCL Red Sox, 14 for the Greenville Drive of the South Atlantic League and 9 for the Portland Sea Dogs of the Eastern League in 2023, finishing with a slash line of .363/.483/.495. In 2024, he started the season with Portland where he was the EL Player of the Month in May, was named to play in the 2024 Futures Game, then was promoted to the Worcester Red Sox of the International League in mid-August. In 112 games between the two teams, he hit .288/.386/.433, with 88 runs, 13 homers and 78 RBIs. He added to his honors list being named a post-season All-Star in the Eastern League and a Double-A All-Star by Baseball America.

Following the 2024 season, he was one of the key prospects acquired by the Chicago White Sox when they traded their ace, Garrett Crochet to Boston on December 11th. Joining him were Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Wikelman Gonzalez. The White Sox invited Kyle to spring training as a non-roster invitee in 2025. While most of these passes are given to players who still have a couple of years to play in the minors but who would benefit from exposure to a major league camp, in his case, he stood a real chance to make the team as catching was not a particularly strong position for the major league squad coming off a terrible season. He gained some international notoriety when he became the first player to homer off Japanese sensation Roki Sasaki, who had just joined the Los Angeles Dodgers over the winter, in a simulated game on February 25th. Japanese reporters were lining up to get an interview with him after the game, given how closely anything associated to their star players is covered by the Japanese media. He said that he had no idea who he would be facing before taking his turn in the batter's box. He started the year in AAA with the Charlotte Knights, where he hit .295 in 50 games with 8 homers and 30 RBIs. He was called up to Chicago on June 6th and started at catcher against the Kansas City Royals that day, going 1 for 2 with 2 walks in a 7-2 win. One of his walks helped to ignite a five-run game-winning rally in the 8th inning. He also threw out a runner trying to steal, and was himself caught stealing, at home plate on the back end of a botched double steal.

His younger brother Aidan Teel was a teammate in his final season at the University of Virginia while his father Garett Teel was a minor league catcher from 1989 to 1994.

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