Last June, Kyle Teel was suiting up for the University of Virginia in the NCAA College World Series. He was a junior in the midst of a dominant collegiate season that ended with a .407 batting average.
One year later, Teel is still crushing his opponents. This time though, it’s in professional baseball. Just 12 months removed from college, Boston prospect Kyle Teel is proving his potential.
Boston Prospect Kyle Teel Proves Potential In May Teel had a slow start to his 2024 season with the Portland Sea Dogs , the Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. In April, the catcher batted just .213 with eight RBI and 20 strikeouts in 16 games.
Teel was still getting his feet wet in MiLB, something that sometimes takes seasons to achieve. Entering May, the 2023 first-round pick looked to break out of his season-starting slump. Teel did just that, and in emphatic fashion.
Kyle Teel ripped the cover off the baseball in May. There is no other way to put it. Boston’s #3 prospect, according to MLB.
com , batted .357 with three bombs and 22 RBI in the month. In his 22 games, Teel had hits in 19 contests.
Nine of those were multi-knock performances. He started the month with a bang, going 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBI on May 1 against Reading. By May 10, Teel had already brought his average above .
250. That number reached .270 four days later and .
280 by May 22. The last two matchups of May skyrocketed Teel’s statistics. On May 30 and 31, he combined for five hits, five RBI, and th.
