White Sox recall Edgar Quero as Kyle Teel ankle injury looms

The White Sox recalled catcher Edgar Quero from Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday, a move that followed Kyle Teel leaving a game with a left ankle injury just days after his return to Chicago. The switch pushed Quero back into the big-league picture and kept the club’s catching situation in flux.

Teel’s latest setback came after he had been activated from the 60-day injured list on June 22, 2026, following a right knee sprain and LCL sprain. He was expected to make his 2026 debut that night against the Cleveland Guardians, and his brief return had been closely managed from the start. During his rehab assignment with the Charlotte Knights, Teel texted White Sox head athletic trainer James Kruk after each of his four games, a detail that underscored how carefully Chicago monitored his recovery before reinstating him.

Quero’s return is tied directly to that same timeline. The White Sox had optioned him to Triple-A Charlotte when Teel was reinstated, and now he is back after Teel’s ankle issue reopened the door. The move was first reported by Francys Romero and later confirmed by White Sox beat writer James Fegan, with the roster shift arriving as Chicago again weighed the short-term need behind the plate against the longer-term development of two of its top young catchers.

That is what makes Quero more than an injury fill-in. He has already spent time in the White Sox’s major-league orbit, then was sent back to Charlotte to keep playing when Teel was healthy enough to come up. Now the club is turning back to him because it has another opening and because his path is no longer separate from Teel’s. The two catchers remain linked as the organization’s most important young options at the position, and the repeated moves between Chicago and Charlotte show how unsettled that timeline still is.

For Quero, the recall brings another chance to turn Triple-A readiness into major-league reps. For the White Sox, it changes the catching plan again, with Teel’s recovery now the immediate concern and the long-term picture behind the plate still being sorted out one injury at a time.