Not sure Wong is a JAG at catcher. His defense alone makes him valuable and his offense isn’t terrible for a catcher. As discussed previously, if he can make a bit more contact he’s a better than average hitting catcher. Defense, decent hitter for catcher and inexpensive = pretty good player.
That said… with Teel on the rise and potentially with the Sox in 2025. At some point next year year… would Wong have trade value?
Sorry, but he's probably a JAG. He might still recover but he's getting his third crack at the league and is coasting on a .350 BABIP to a WRC+ of like 86. He's striking out an insane amount for a guy who's only hit nine homers. Even if he cut his K rate down some, it'd still be around 30%.
On the strength of his throwing game, he's been worth about 1 WAR this year, according to Fangraphs, which is, I think, pretty much JAG levels. His control of the running game is good, his framing is bad, and his offense is bad, and he's cost controlled, which, yes, so is McGuire. But look at the other teams in the AL East. The Rays and Yankees are the only ones getting weak production at catcher, and the Rays are fielding borderline All-Stars at seemingly every other position. We can dream bigger than Connor Wong.
Obviously the team can survive with him and McGuire at catcher, but it's also a position where they could obviously upgrade. If you want to wait for Teel, I think that makes sense, I just don't see why Hernandez can't compete for the job next year given how mediocre the production has been from that position. If we want to make the playoffs next year it's the position player where I would guess they're projected to derive the least value.