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Catching up with UVA Baseball alum Kyle Teel at Double-A Portland

Chris Graham
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UVA Baseball alum Kyle Teel was 2-for-4 with an RBI double for the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in a 3-2 loss to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Saturday.

Teel, a 2023 first-round pick of the Boston Red Sox, is putting up big numbers in his sophomore season in the minors, with a .301/.389/.463 slash line, eight homers, 49 RBIs and .852 OPS.

MLB.com rates Teel, 22, the #3 prospect in the Red Sox farm system, and the #24 prospect overall, with a projected MLB arrival next season.

The Sox have an established catcher in Connor Wong, who is slashing .316/.371/.449, with seven homers, 31 RBIs and .820 OPS.

Wong, 28, is still under team control through 2026.

I think we can expect Teel to get a promotion to Triple-A after the All-Star break, and assuming he shows well at that level in the second half, he’ll get a shot at making the big-league roster next spring.

Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham, the king of "fringe media," is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019, and Team of Destiny: Inside Virginia Basketball’s Run to the 2019 National Championship, and The Worst Wrestling Pay-Per-View Ever, published in 2018. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].