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Andrew Joseph

MLB fans had jokes after they uncovered a photo of Red Sox draft pick Kyle Teel in a Yankees jersey

The Boston Red Sox selected former Virginia catcher Kyle Teel with the No. 14 overall pick in Sunday’s MLB Draft, and of course baseball fans found a way to make it awkward.

If you’re an elite baseball player — one good enough to get drafted by an MLB team — odds are that you grew up rooting for a different team than the one that drafted you. And in Teel’s case, he grew up in New Jersey and was a huge Yankees fan. Right after the rival Red Sox announced the Teel selection, fans took a deep dive into his Instagram account and uncovered a photo of him wearing a Yankees jersey.

Obviously, growing up a Yankees fan won’t stop Teel from shifting his allegiance over to the Red Sox. After all, there’s a huge difference in rooting for a team and being an actual player in an organization. It’s a career now. Aaron Judge was photographed in a Red Sox shirt, for example, before he became a star for the Yankees. It happens!

Still, Teel made a point to delete that photo from his account (though the screenshot is still around), and he added that he was all in on the Red Sox now.

But if Teel does end up becoming a star for the Red Sox, we already know that Yankees photo will follow him throughout his career. MLB fans didn’t wait to get a head start on the jokes.

This was how Twitter reacted

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