Kyle Teel

Kyle Teel

23-Year-Old CatcherC
Chicago White Sox
2025 Fantasy Outlook
After being acquired from the Red Sox as the centerpiece of the trade that sent Garrett Crochet to Boston, Teel spent the first two months of the 2025 season knocking around Triple-A pitching before getting the call to the big leagues. The 24-year-old looked at home right away and finished with a wRC+ of 125 while boasting a 12.5 percent walk rate and .375 on-base percentage. Fellow catcher Edgar Quero beat Teel to the majors and also played well, but Teel received priority treatment behind the plate and against right-handed pitching, setting Teel up to be the team's top catcher in 2026. Teel's 25.9 percent strikeout rate was a tad high, and the left-handed hitter had just a .546 OPS in limited chances versus southpaws. That said, while Teel's ceiling from a power perspective might not be super high, he should continue to get on base at a high clip, and he's also a better bet than most catchers to chip in with some stolen bases. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
Signed a one-year contract with the White Sox in June of 2025.
Retreating to bench Wednesday
CChicago White Sox
September 17, 2025
Teel is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
Analysis
Teel will be getting a routine breather for the matinee contest, paving the way for Edgar Quero to start at catcher. The White Sox had included Teel in each of their last three lineups, with the rookie going 3-for-13 with a home run and two RBI over that stretch.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
19
9
2
19
5
10
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
1
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+53%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+53%
OPS vs RHP
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .546 52 5 0 1 0 .186 .314 .233
Since 2023vs Right .835 245 33 8 34 3 .290 .388 .448
2025vs Left .546 52 5 0 1 0 .186 .314 .233
2025vs Right .835 245 33 8 34 3 .290 .388 .448
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+13%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+13%
OPS at Home
2024
No Stats
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .835 147 16 3 19 1 .312 .411 .424
Since 2023Away .738 150 22 5 16 2 .234 .340 .398
2025Home .835 147 16 3 19 1 .312 .411 .424
2025Away .738 150 22 5 16 2 .234 .340 .398
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Kyle Teel compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.48
 
BB Rate
12.5%
 
K Rate
25.9%
 
BABIP
.361
 
ISO
.138
 
AVG
.273
 
OBP
.375
 
SLG
.411
 
OPS
.786
 
wOBA
.353
 
Exit Velocity
88.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
33.7%
 
Barrels/PA
5.7%
 
Expected BA
.241
 
Expected SLG
.414
 
Sprint Speed
24.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
37.5%
 
Line Drive %
25.6%
 
Fly Ball %
36.9%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
A perfect fit between prospect and team, Teel was scooped up by the Red Sox with the 14th overall pick in last year's draft, and proceeded to dominate three levels of the minors over a small sample. Not only will Teel have a favorable home park to hit in, but he is essentially unchallenged as Boston's long-term starting catcher. The Virginia product hit .429 with one home run and zero strikeouts in three Florida Complex League games. He then hit .377 with as many walks as strikeouts (11) in 14 games at High-A and .323 with one home run and two doubles in nine games at Double-A. All told, it was a .363/.483/.495 slash line with two home runs and three steals in 26 games. He had a linedrive rate over 32 percent and an opposite-field rate over 39 percent at High-A and Double-A. Based on his small pro sample and his .407 average and .475 OBP as a junior, the lefty-hitting Teel has a chance to be near the top among all catchers in batting average and on-base percentage during his prime years. Impressive runs and RBI totals should follow, but he may be capped at around 15-20 home runs, even with steady playing time. He could debut in late 2024 or early 2025.
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Drills eighth home run
CChicago White Sox
September 16, 2025
Teel went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in Tuesday's loss to Baltimore.
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Power surge continues
CChicago White Sox
September 10, 2025
Teel went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Rays.
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Massive game in high-scoring win
CChicago White Sox
September 4, 2025
Teel went 3-for-5 with a three-run home run, an additional RBI, a stolen base and three total runs scored in Thursday's 11-8 win over the Twins.
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Goes yard Tuesday
CChicago White Sox
September 2, 2025
Teel went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional run scored during Tuesday's 12-3 win over the Twins.
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Piling up hits
CChicago White Sox
August 27, 2025
Teel went 3-for-4 with an RBI on Tuesday against the Royals.
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