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Lee remains with Chicago as organizational catching depth after passing through waivers unclaimed earlier this week. The 27-year-old will remain stashed at Triple-A behind Edgar Quero and Reese McGuire while Kyle Teel (hamstring) is on the shelf.

We thought the White Sox still held some fondness for Lee, but picking up Reese McGuire to replace him showed that that wasn’t really the case. Lee would almost surely get claimed off waivers if he had options left and could be stashed in Triple-A, but as is, it seems more likely that he’ll clear.

Lee’s chances of making the roster were tenous, and then it became obvious that the 27-year-old wouldn’t break camp with the team after Chicago signed Reese McGuire. The team will likely work out a trade for a team looking for a backup backstop, and if not, he’ll hit the waiver wire.

The White Sox might have kept Lee as a third catcher anyway, but now he’s locked into making the team as Edgar Quero’s backup while Kyle Teel spends at least the beginning of April on the injured list with a hamstring strain. Lee, who is out of options, is 10-for-26 with two homers and three doubles this spring. Oddly enough, he’s also stolen four bases. He’s 6-for-9 stealing bases in 187 career major league games.

Lee spent much of last season in Triple-A with the White Sox content to go with two rookie catchers in Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero, but he did come back up for the final five weeks, allowing the team to use one of its catchers at DH. That might again be the plan this season, as the White Sox have left themselves plenty of flexibility to keep Teel and Quero in the lineup at the same time. Plus, Lee is out of options, so the White Sox would risk losing him if they tried to send him down.