Former Mahwah player Kyle Teel shown during the 2019 season. Teel was selected in the first round of the 2023 MLB Draft on Sunday. .Expectations have been high for Kyle Teel since he first put on a baseball uniform at Mahwah High School as a freshman in the spring of 2017.
He then went onto the University of Virginia, where expectations were even higher as the top-ranked baseball player from the Garden State. And just like he did at Mahwah, Teel excelled, emerging as one of the best college baseball players in the country.Teel — a former standout at Mahwah High School and an All-American catcher at Virginia — was selected by the Boston Red Sox with the 14th overall pick of the 2023 MLB Draft on Sunday.
Remo, who was drafted back in 1980 by the Chicago Cubs, knew Teel was going to be a special player when he stepped on Mahwah’s baseball field the first time. Virginia's Kyle Teel singles in the seventh inning and advanced Max Cotier to third against Tennessee during a baseball game in the College World Series, Sunday, June 20, 2021, at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb.Second-Team All-State selection at shortstop in 2019 after spending time at the position, along with playing catcher and in the outfield. Teel batted .574 with eight homers and 31 RBI and served as Mahwah’s closer, picking up three wins in relief.