White Sox urged to ban player from doing one specific thing

The Chicago White Sox have actually been one of the bigger surprises in baseball this season, as they are smack dab in the middle of contention in the AL Central.

Yes, the division being very weak has certainly helped, but I’m not sure anyone expected the White Sox to be competing for a playoff spot this year regardless. Nevertheless, here they are, thanks to a torrid start by Munetaka Murakami and some pretty solid pitching.

But you know who hasn’t really been helping? Catcher Edgar Quero.

Quero is slashing just .160/.260/.173 with no home runs and seven RBI over 98 plate appearances in 2026, and his defense has left something to be desired, as well. And that comes after a decent showing during his rookie campaign last season when he slashed .268/.333/.356 with five homers and 36 RBI across 403 trips to the dish.

In fact, Quero has been so terrible that Bleacher Report’s Zachary D. Rymer actually feels Chicago should bar him from doing one specific thing: utilizing the ABS system.

Chicago White Sox catcher Edgar Quero has been awful

Not only has Quero been a complete non-factor at the plate, but he is costing the White Sox precious challenges, as well, and Rymer dove into it.

“Yeah, Quero just plain makes bad challenges. Out of the 42 total challenges he’s issued, he’s won 18 and lost 24. No other catcher has lost more than 20,” Rymer wrote. “Quero does seem to have a good sense of the width of the strike zone on his glove (i.e., left) side, as he’s lost only one challenge in that vicinity. His challenge record is otherwise a smorgasbord of egregious misses. At one point, he even challenged a fastball that made Chandler Simpson do a Matrix-style evasion.”

Considering teams are only allotted two challenges per game (unless they get it right, in which case, they keep the challenge), so having Quero tapping his head with such regularity is obviously costing Chicago.

Rymer feels that Quero should have his ABS privileges revoked, and perhaps that’s not the only thing he should lose this season.

I’m not sure how much more Chicago can afford to allow Quero to get regular playing time, but the problem is that right now, Will Venable doesn’t really have any other options. Drew Romo is currently serving as the other catcher, but there really is no one else to replace Quero.

Perhaps the White Sox will need to send Quero — a former top prospect — back to the minor leagues for more seasoning and try to acquire another backstop before the trade deadline.

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