Attended the University of Virginia, where he batted .343/.433/.547 (236-for-688) with 48 doubles, 28 home runs, 155 RBI and 170 runs scored over three seasons (2021-23)…helped the Cavaliers reach the College World Series in 2021 and 2023...Finished his career ranked in the Top 10 in school history in grand slams (first, four), homers (seventh), runs scored (eighth), total bases (ninth, 376), doubles (ninth) and average (10th)…Was named First Team All-American by ABCA, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball.com, NCBWA and Perfect Game as a junior in 2023 after hitting .407/.475/.655 (105-for-258) with 25 doubles, 13 home runs, 69 RBI and 67 runs scored in 65 games…earned the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year and Johnny Bench Awards...Graduated in 2020 from Mahwah (N.J.) High School, where he was named the state Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior...Has served as team DJ after victories in the Minor Leagues…was nicknamed "DJ Base Monkey" by his college teammate at Virginia, Alex Greene…also plays guitar, bass and the ukulele...His father, Garret, was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 11th round of the 1989 draft, spending five seasons in the organization as both a player and coach…his brother, Aidan, is an outfielder and former pitcher on the Virginia baseball team...His cousin, Mike, played at Rutgers from 2005-08, passing for 9,383 yards and 59 touchdowns.
2025
Appeared in 78 games, including 61 at catcher, in his first season in the Major Leagues...Better With Age: Batted .288/.376/.457 (53-for-184) with eight home runs and 29 RBI in 53 games after the All-Star Break … his .288 average and .376 on-base percentage in the second half led all Sox players with a minimum of 150 plate appearances...By the Numbers: Slashed .312/.411/.424 (39-for-125) at home and .290/.388/.448 (61-for-210) with all eight of his home runs vs. right-handed pitchers...No RISP, No Reward: Hit .404/.478/.596 (23-for-57) with runners in scoring position … his .404 average was the highest in the major leagues among players with at least 50 plate appearances...Young Guns: INF Chase Meidroth, SS Colson Montgomery, C Edgar Quero and Teel became the second position player foursome in White Sox history to record a 1.0-plus WAR mark in their age 23-or-younger season, joining Jack Fournier, Braggo Roth, Ray Schalk and Buck Weaver in 1914...Hit Parade: Meidroth (114), Quero (98), Teel (69) and Montgomery (61) combined for 342 hits, the most by a Sox rookie foursome since Chris Singleton (149), Carlos Lee (144), Craig Wilson (60) and Mark Johnson (47) recorded 400 in 1999...OPS+ Machine: With a 121 OPS+, joined Drake Baldwin (126 in 2025), Yainer Díaz (128 in 2023), Adley Rutschman (131 in 2022) and Willson Contreras (122 in 2016) as the only active catchers to record a 120-plus mark in their rookie season (minimum 250 plate appearances)...Was one of three White Sox rookies to record a four-hit game (Meidroth and Quero) and is one of four Sox rookie catchers since 1980 to accomplish that feat. Made 57 starts at catcher … Sox pitchers recorded a 4.61 ERA (258 ER/501.1 IP) when he was behind the plate … threw out 14.8 percent (8-for-54) of attempted base-stealers...Twin Killing: Batted .400/.531/.720 (10-for-25) with two home runs and nine runs scored in seven games vs. Minnesota...His contract was selected from Class AAA Charlotte on 6/6 … made his MLB debut that night vs. Kansas City, going 1-2 with two walks and a run scored while throwing out the only attempted base-stealer … recorded his first hit in the fourth inning, a single off Seth Lugo … went 2-for-4 in his next game on 6/7 vs. the Royals...Went 3-4 with a double, RBI and two runs scored on 6/25 vs. Arizona and 3-4 with a double, two RBI and run scored on 6/29 vs. San Francisco to raise his average to .319 entering July...Drew a walk in six straight games from 7/1-11 but 1-22 (.045) over his final nine games of the first half before going 2-5 with a double and two runs scored in his first game after the break on 7/19 at Pittsburgh...Recorded a career-high four hits and three runs scored on Wednesday at Tampa Bay, going 4-5 with his first career home run, a solo shot off Joe Boyle … joined Chase Meidroth (7/21 at Tampa Bay) and Edgar Quero (7/25 vs. the Cubs) as Sox rookies with four-hit efforts in a four-game span...Teel and Quero also became the sixth pair of catchers since 1901 (only rookies) to record four hits in back-to-back games for the same team and the first since Arizona's Rod Barajas and Chad Moeller from 9/28-29/02 (STATS)...Reached base safely in 20 straight games from 8/18-9/11 (.366/.471/.620, 26-71), the longest streak by a White Sox rookie since José Abreu (20 and 22) in 2014...Matched his career-high with four hits on 8/18 at Atlanta and recorded a career-high four RBI on 8/19 at the Braves, joining Ray Durham (1995) as the only Sox rookies since 1920 to record a four-plus hit game and a four-plus RBI game in consecutive contests (Elias)...Went 3-for-5 with a double, home run, career-high tying four RBI and three runs scored on 9/4 at Minnesota … Quero and Teel became the first rookies in White Sox history to collect three-plus hits as the 1-2 hitters in the lineup (STATS)...Hit his final home run on 9/16 vs. Baltimore, a two-run shot off Dean Kremer...Began the season at Charlotte, where he hit .295/.394/.492 (54-for-183) with 10 doubles, eight home runs, 30 RBI, 34 runs scored and 30 walks in 50 games … reached base safely in 38 of his last 39 games with the Knights. Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in the season opener on 3/28 vs. Gwinnett and 3-for-5 with a double, homer and six RBI in the second game vs. the Stripers...Was named organizational Player of the Month for May after hitting .333/.444/.613 (25-for-75) with five home runs, 14 RBI and 16 runs scored … homered twice on 5/22 vs. Round Rock...Preseason Rankings: No. 32 overall in baseball and No. 6 in the White Sox organization (MLB.com) … No. 4 prospect in the Sox system and No. 52 in baseball (BA).
2024
Batted .288/.386/.433 (123-for-427) with 23 doubles, 13 home runs, 78 RBI, 88 runs scored, 68 walks and 12 stolen bases in 112 games with Class AA Portland and Class AAA Worcester...Was named a Double-A All-Star by Baseball America and an Eastern League postseason All-Star…all but 17 of his plate appearances between the two stops came against older pitchers...Combined to bat .316/.399/.474 (74-for-234) with 16 doubles, seven homers and 46 RBI over 60 games in May and June…recorded four RBI four times from 5/1-6/1...Was named EL Player of the Month for May after hitting .357/.443/.560 (30-for-84) with eight doubles, three home runs, 22 RBI and 20 runs scored in 22 games...Was named EL Player of the Week for the period of 5/27-6/2, going 10-for-24 (.417) with three homers, 11 RBI and six runs scored in six games…homered with four RBI on 5/31 at Altoona and hit a go-ahead, ninth-inning grand slam the next day at the Curve...Played for the American League at the All-Star Futures Game, going 2-2 with doubles off Rhett Lowder and Bubba Chandler...Was promoted to Worcester on 8/12…hit .118 (6-for-51) in his first 13 games before recording a .375/.516/.542 (18-for-48) slash line with 12 RBI, 14 runs scored and 14 walks in September...Drew a walk in seven straight games from 9/5-14...Went 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and run scored in the inaugural Spring Breakout game on 3/17 vs. the Braves...Preseason Rankings: No. 62 in baseball, No. 3 and Best Defensive Catcher in the Red Sox organization (BA)...No. 40 overall and No. 3 in the Boston system (MLB.com). l Acquisition recommended by Nick Hostetler and Keith Staab.
2023
Combined to hit .363/.482/.495 (33-for-91) with the Florida Complex League Red Sox, Class A Greenville and Portland...Reached base safely four times in his second game on 8/5 vs. the FCL Twins, going 3-for-3 with his first home run...Was promoted to Greenville on 8/8, where he posted three hits in each of his first three games, and to Portland on 9/4, where he hit safely in his first eight games (.370, 10-for-27)…recorded nine RBI and eight walks in four games from 9/8-14...Was signed by Red Sox scout Wallace Rios.
