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00:00All right.
00:01Now, I want to clear my schedule for this next conversation.
00:03Dolores, please clear my schedule.
00:05We're talking White Sox catching prospects here, very, very important.
00:09Dolores is a wonderful woman.
00:11You talk about having log jams at certain positions, having players in front of prospects.
00:16The White Sox don't have that problem.
00:18At catcher, they have a prospect.
00:20They actually have a few that could really turn this team around in the next few seasons.
00:24Let's talk.
00:25Yeah.
00:27Corey Lee and Matt Theis are not going to stop Kyle Teal from playing anytime soon.
00:32Let's just put that out there and let's just keep real about it.
00:36Kyle Teal is the piece that came over with Garrett Crochet in that trade.
00:40So far, Kyle Teal off to a pretty good start here in the minor leagues.
00:42He's got two home runs to start the year, nine RBI.
00:45He's a catcher with Pop.
00:48He's I think something you have to show if you're the White Sox.
00:52If we're going to deal Crochet, we've got to show you how good this everyday player
00:55is going to be.
00:57And the minor league track record is really good.
00:58It's a 300 hitter in the minor leagues, a 400 on base guy.
01:00Like I said, he's got power.
01:02He's got hit tool.
01:03He's a good defensive catcher.
01:04He's got everything you want.
01:06So the sooner you get him up here working with the young pitchers, the better.
01:09And he might actually leapfrog these first two by a lot because again, the path is so
01:15much easier.
01:16It's just a matter of do the White Sox want to start that clock?
01:18I think they have to just a little bit for that fan base, show them what we're trying
01:23to do here, what the future is going to be.
01:25They want Robert to get off to a better start that he's gotten off to as well, because that's
01:29another piece you can cash in on and start to turn this organization around to get more
01:32everyday players in there.
01:33But Teal is that first salvo into that space and there's nothing stopping him at this point.
01:39So sometimes young catchers do struggle when they get to the big leagues, though, because
01:42they're too worried about and rightfully so working with the pitchers and their offense
01:45kind of slides a little bit.
01:47But Teal is a really good hitter.
01:48So I'd be looking at Kyle Teal maybe to be the first of all these guys to reach the big
01:52leagues.