The White Sox intend to call up veteran catcher , . left todays game against the Guardians in the sixth inning when he running back to first base on a pickoff. Theres not much clarity on Lees injury. The Sox have only announced it as ankle sorene s and indicated hell go for testing. It looked ugly enough that an injured list stint seems inevitable. Even a day-to-day injury for a catcher usually nece sitates a roster move, since teams Omari Spellman Jersey tend to only carry two catchers on the active roster. Lee has split the position with in the seasons first two weeks. Thai s has started seven of the 11 games. He only has four hits but has worked seven walks over 27 plate appearances. Lee has five hits and a couple walks in 17 trips to the dish. A former first-round pick of the Astros, Lee appeared in a career-high 125 games last season. He hit .210/.244/.347 with 12 homers while striking out in 31% of his 394 plate appearances. Narvez was in camp on a minor league contract. The Sox released him at the end of Spring Training but re-signed him on a fresh minor league deal at the beginning of April. With highly-regarded prospects and splitting the catching duties in Triple-A, the Sox a signed Narvez to Double-A Birmingham. Hes far more experienced than most players at that level. Narvez has gone 2-7 with a double and a walk in two games. Todays lo s dropped the White Sox to 2-9. Theyre clearly in for another long season. Teel and Quero should each receive their first MLB call at some point this year. (Quero has gotten out to a blistering start at Triple-A Charlotte.) The Sox are taking their respective progre sions deliberately and evidently dont feel theyre ready for MLB action. Theyll instead go with the 33-year-old Narvez to split the catching duties with Thai s in the short term. Narvez was an All-Star with the Brewers back in 2021. His production has tanked in the three years since then, as hes a .200/.276/.286 hitter in 511 plate appearances going back to the start of the 22 season. Narvez is not on the 40-man roster. The Sox have an opening after outrighting , so theyll only need to make an active roster move (presumably an IL stint for Lee) to select his contract. Juancho Hernangomez Jersey