Rowdy Tellez Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 255 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 3/16/1995 (26)
- Experience
- 2
- College
- None
Rowdy Tellez Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Rowdy Tellez News
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Rowdy Tellez went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Sunday's 6-3 loss to the Astros, lowering his BA to .207 on the year. The hulking slugger's OBP and OPS now drop to respective .270 and .597 marks with three homers and five RBI through 40 games played in what is shaping out to be a disappointing year. Tellez carries a respectable 20.6% K-rate with a 48.9% Hard Hit% and 13.6% Barrel%, but hasn't found much luck with a .244 BABIP. There's a chance his bat regresses positively, but he's still not finding consistent enough playing time with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. manning first base and a crowded outfield occupying the DH slot.
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Rowdy Tellez is in the lineup and batting sixth against the New York Yankees and starting pitcher Domingo German. This represents a prime matchup for the lefty swinger, as Tellez has provided excellent power against right-handed pitching for his career, with 28 of his 35 career homers coming against righties. Tellez could be a strong low-cost option for daily fantasy managers.
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Rowdy Tellez(hamstring) is dealing with a "mild strain" in his hamstring, according to manager Charlie Montoyo. Tellez seemed to slip on home plate after hitting a single on Sunday and was replaced with a pinch-runner. The 26-year-old masher was off to a slow start at the plate this season and even spent some time in the minors. He's batting .188 and has a pitiful .225 on-base percentage thanks to a minuscule 2.2 percent walk rate. Worst of all, Tellez is only slugging .282, well below the robust .540 slugging percentage he put up last year. Tellez is not an attractive fantasy option at this point, even if the hamstring injury doesn't land him on the injured list.
Rowdy Tellez Stats
Last 10 Games
There was little doubt about how much pop was in Rowdy Tellez's bat. He was billed as a typical slugging first baseman, and he lived up to that billing in the shortened 2020 season. While his barrel rate that was elite in 2019 did regress some, down to 8.4%, he still did hit the ball plenty hard, as he set a new career-best in that department at 45.3%, and in the 81st percentile of all hitters last season. What held Tellez back previously was that he didn't do much else besides hit the ball hard. Up until 2020, Tellez's high strikeout rate was really holding him back. After strikeout rates approaching 30% in 2018 and 2019, Tellez did do much better, nearly halving that rate to just 15.7%. Tellez never had much of a strikeout issue in the minor leagues, so this improvement could just be due to him seeing more pitches in the Majors and getting better acclimated to them. Tellez still did chase a bit more than league-average, but the real improvement came in whiffs. His whiff rate in 2019 was among the worst in the game, but in 2020, he cut this rate down by eight percent down to 23.2%, a rate that is actually better than average. This allows Tellez to put more of his high-quality contact in play, and overall, get better results. The fly in the ointment for Tellez in 2021 is his playing time situation. The Blue Jays bulked up their lineup with the additions of George Springer and Marcus Semien this offseason. This makes Tellez only fit in the DH role, and prone to a bench spot in the event his bat goes cold for any period of time.