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With Tommy Pham (calf) back, Quero will return to the minors. Quero got a real chance in 2026 as the White Sox’s starting catcher after Kyle Teel began the year injured. Instead of capitalizing, the 23-year-old slashed .203/.284/.257 with three home runs in 217 plate appearances. It remains to be seen what kind of future he has with the White Sox.

Quero has already appeared in 65 games for the White Sox this season, slashing .208/.279/.262 with three homers and 19 RBI in 210 plate appearances. He replaces the injured Tommy Pham (calf) on the White Sox’ active roster.

Quero is down after the White Sox officially added Jake Rogers to the active roster. The 23-year-old backstop has not lived up to his prospect hype thus far, and it may take a change in organizations for him to get enough opportunity for him to do so.

The White Sox tried to replace him with Joey Bart at the trade deadline, but Bart broke his hand last night. So much for that plan. Quero, hitting .194/.257/.235 this year, is back in the spotlight.

With Joey Bart breaking a bone in his hand after being drilled by a pitch on Thursday evening, the White Sox once again have a need for extra depth behind the plate. Quero was just optioned to Triple-A Carlotte on Tuesday after Bart’s arrival, but he’ll return to share the load behind the plate with Drew Romo.

This seemed likely after the White Sox traded for Joey Bart on Monday, but it is noteworthy nonetheless. Quero was a top 100 prospect, but the 23-year-old has a .245/.308/.318 slash line with seven home runs in 596 MLB plate appearances so far while playing below-average defense behind the plate.

Quero had his just .230/.299/.295 in 15 games since being sent down, though that .594 OPS is still considerably better than his .486 OPS in 55 games before losing his spot. He’ll split time with Drew Romo while Kyle Teel is out.

With Kyle Teel (knee) back off the injured list, the White Sox decided to keep Drew Romo as the backup. Quero has hit .187/.253/.233 in 172 plate appearances this season and just doesn’t provide enough defensive value to remain as the backup.

This could have been an awkward bobblehead day if not for Kyle Teel’s setback, as there’s a good chance Quero, who has been splitting time evenly with Drew Romo, would have been in Triple-A at this point. The home run off Framber Valdez was just his second of the year, and he’s batting .196/.280/.259 in 134 plate appearances.

There were multiple late-inning blasts that felt as if they would define the game, but Quero’s homer was the one that ended it. He’s been spelling Drew Romo behind the plate lately, but Kyle Teel should take back starting catcher duties once he returns from the IL.

Quero has seen his playing time dry up a bit, and has now sat three of the last five games in favor of Reese McGuire. That’ll happen when you hit .161/.273/.179 in your first 19 games. Outside of dynasty leagues, Quero isn’t a must-hold — and he probably should be benched at this point in most fantasy formats.

The second strikeout ended the game with the tying and go-ahead runs on base in the ninth. Quero has opened the season 4-for-23 with no extra-base hits or RBI, and it might be worth wondering if the White Sox will keep him in the majors after Kyle Teel returns. Quero just turned 23 today and still needs polish defensively. He might be better off catching regularly in Triple-A than backing up Teel and getting at-bats at DH in the majors.

The 22-year-old backstop opened the scoring in the ballgame with an RBI single off of Brandon Sproat in the top half of the first inning. He then added a run-scoring double off of Abner Uribe in the third inning that made it 2-0. Unfortunately, that would be the extent of their offense in the game. Quero is off to a blistering start this spring, hitting .538 (7-for-13) with a whopping eight RBI.

Quero hit a pair of two-run singles. The 22-year-old backstop was the subject of trade rumors this winter as Kyle Teel appears to be their answer at catcher, but there’s a decent chance he’ll still get some solid playing time in 2026.

That shouldn’t come as a surprise as the White Sox are stocked behind the plate with Kyle Teel entrenched as their starter, so there has been speculation that they could deal from a position of strength and flip Quero to improve their roster elsewhere. The 22-year-old backstop did a nice job in his rookie campaign, slashing .268/.333/.356 with five homers and 36 RBI in 403 plate appearances. He’s under team control through the 2031 season.