Chicago White Sox catcher Korey Lee (hand) exited Wednesday's contest early with a bruised hand. The X-rays came back negative and the team views him as day-to-day. Fantasy managers should expect Lee to miss a few games this week, but he did avoid a significant injury. The 26-year-old is expected to compete for the starting job behind the plate during camp. Last season, Lee held a .210/.244/.347 slash line with 14 doubles and 12 home runs across a career-high 125 contests. However, he held a low 4.3 percent walk rate and a high 31.0 percent strikeout rate, which were both well below the average marks. However, he was placed in the 97th percentile in pop time. If Lee were to miss time this week, Edgar Quero, Matt Thaiss, and Omar Narvaez should see an increased role. When healthy, Lee should be expected to serve as the team's primary option behind the dish.
Chicago White Sox catcher Korey Lee (back) was scratched from Friday's starting lineup against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park due to back tightness. Chuckie Robinson will take over the catching duties and serve as the battery mate for right-hander Davis Martin while batting eighth against Red Sox right-hander Nick Pivetta. The 26-year-old Lee could probably use a day off anyway; he has hit just .214 (18-for-84) with a homer, three doubles, a triple, five RBI and 28 strikeouts in 25 games played since the start of August. It's been right along with his season line of .213/.244/.346 with a well below-average .590 OPS. The former first-rounder in 2019 out of Cal Berkeley has 10 homers, 31 RBI and five steals in 2024. Robinson has six hits in his 39 at-bats (.154) this year with no homers and 11 strikeouts, so DFS managers should be looking to avoid him.
Catcher Korey Lee homered on Saturday in an 11-3 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. Lee hit his eighth homer in the eighth inning. Lee is hitting .234 with eight home runs, 23 RBI, five stolen bases, and 20 runs in 2024. He is a name to watch especially in two catcher leagues due to getting more playing time over veteran Martin Maldonado. The power and speed combination provides Lee value at a premier position in fantasy baseball.
Chicago White Sox catcher Korey Lee accounted for the entirety of the team's offense in Wednesday's loss to the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, smashing his fifth home run of the season in the defeat. Lee skied a solo homer to left field off Jays closer Jordan Romano to score Chicago's first run of the evening in the bottom of the ninth inning, but it wasn't enough to spark a rally. The 25-year-old former first-round pick has stolen three bases over 41 games this year, but his uninspiring .274/.309/.427 triple-slash line with five round-trippers, 12 RBI, and 11 runs scored for the White Sox render him a deep-league fantasy option at best. Lee doesn't have a ton of upside on this last-place club, so fantasy managers can do better.
The Chicago White Sox recalled catching prospect Korey Lee from Triple-A Charlotte and optioned catcher Carlos Perez to Charlotte in a corresponding move on Thursday before their series opener against the Oakland Athletics. Lee, the team's No. 18 prospect per MLB Pipeline, came over from the Houston Astros in the deal that sent reliever Kendall Graveman to Houston. The 25-year-old backstop has seen his power stroke diminish in the minors this year, as he's hit only five long balls in 82 games at Triple-A Sugar Land and Charlotte after clubbing 25 home runs for Sugar Land in 2022. However, he's also hit .278 (93-for-334) this year and has added 13 stolen bases. Lee could become attractive in two-catcher leagues the rest of the way with semi-regular playing time for the out-of-contention White Sox.
The Chicago White Sox acquired catching prospect Korey Lee (oblique) from the Houston Astros on Friday in exchange for right-handed reliever Kendall Graveman, according to a source. Lee was ranked by MLB Pipeline as Houston's No. 5 prospect before the trade. The 25-year-old backstop is currently recovering from a strained oblique and has been on the injured list in the minors since early July, but he'll join Triple-A Charlotte when he's fully healthy. Lee struggled with the bat on the farm in 2022 but was hitting a solid .283/.328/.406 with five home runs and 12 stolen bases in 68 games for Triple-A Sugar Land before suffering his oblique injury. Lee is a power over average hitter and is still developing defensively behind the dish after becoming a full-time catcher in 2019.
Houston Astros prospect Korey Lee went 3-for-4 with a triple and a home run on Tuesday. The 22-year-old catcher was playing in just his seventh game at Double-A after his recent promotion from High-A. Selected 32nd overall in the 2019 amateur draft, Lee opened the 2021 season by hitting .330 with a 141 wRC+ in 29 games in A-ball. Since his promotion to Double-A, he's hitting .333. Four of his nine hits have gone for extra bases including three home runs. Lee has the makings of an above-average offensive catcher at the MLB level. His strong performance in 2021 has pushed his MLB timetable up to 2022 and the big league club has just three weak-hitting catchers on the 40-man roster.
