The Brewers have been baseball’s most active team on the trade front so far, and they’ve now struck up another deal to bring in some infield depth. Milwaukee is trading reliever Trevor Richards and minor league righty Bowden Francis to the Blue Jays in exchange for first baseman Rowdy Tellez, the two teams announced Tuesday.
Tellez, 26, brings another powerful left-handed bat to a Brewers club that recently lost first baseman Daniel Vogelbach to a hamstring injury. He’s shuffled between Triple-A and the big leagues with the Jays in recent seasons, at times looking like a possible long-term answer at first base/designated hitter for the Jays.
However, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s shift across the diamond from third base to first base cut into Tellez’s opportunities, and the team’s signing of George Springer created a four-man carousel between the outfield and DH when everyone is at full strength; Springer, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Teoscar Hernandez and Randal Grichuk are all in line for regular at-bats when the lineup is healthy. That, coupled with the fact that Tellez hit just .209/.272/.338 in 151 plate appearances earlier in the year when Springer was on the injured list, likely prompted to the Jays’ willingness to move on from Tellez.
Those struggles notwithstanding, Tellez is an intriguing bat on which to buy low for Milwaukee. He mashed at a .283/.346/.540 clip with eight homers and five doubles in 127 plate appearances with the Jays in 2020 and belted 21 home runs for them in 2019. Entering the season, Tellez carried .250/.309/.488 batting line with 33 homers, 33 doubles, a 6.9 percent walk rate and a 25.7 percent strikeout rate in 609 trips to the plate.
Tellez struggled in his first exposure to Triple-A ball as a 22-year-old back in 2017, but his production at that level has steadily increased; he’s hitting .298/.400/.638 in 55 plate appearances there so far in 2021 and batted .366/.450/.688 in 26 games (109 plate appearances) there back in 2019 as well.
The hope for the Brewers is surely that Tellez can provide an immediate boost at a position that has been a point of frustration so far in 2021. Keston Hiura struggled with the move to first base and has twice been optioned to Triple-A Nashville, although to his credit, Hiura has been hitting quite well since his latest recall. Vogelbach was helping to solidify the position with a strong showing for the first few weeks of June, but the aforementioned hamstring injury came with a recovery timetable of at least six weeks.
It’s not clear just how the Brewers will divide the playing time up — particularly once Vogelbach is healthy — but Hiura and Tellez ostensibly form an intriguing platoon. Tellez can also be freely optioned for the remainder of the current season, so he could be an up-and-down piece in Milwaukee for now, just as he was with the Jays. Looking longer term, he’s under club control for three more years beyond the current campaign and will be eligible for arbitration for the first time this winter.
For the Blue Jays, this marks the second under-the-radar reliever they’ve picked up in the past week or so. They’re not even a week removed from acquiring Adam Cimber and injured outfielder Corey Dickerson (whose left-handed bat could potentially replace Tellez on the depth chart if he makes it back this season) in a trade that sent Joe Panik and minor league righty Andrew McInvale to the Marlins.
Richards, like Cimber, wasn’t an obvious trade candidate. He’d only just joined the Brewers in mid-May, coming over from the Rays as part of the Willy Adames trade, and is controllable through the 2024 campaign. So far in 2021, the 28-year-old has tallied 31 2/3 innings of 3.69 ERA ball while striking out 31.7 percent of his opponents against a 9.8 percent walk rate. He gives the Jays a pitcher with ample experience as both in the bullpen and in the rotation, having started 48 games between the Marlins and the Rays from 2018-19.
The 2020 season was a miserable one for Richards, who limped to a 5.91 ERA for Tampa Bay while posting career-worst strikeout and home-run rates. That came in a sample of just 32 innings, however, and he’s bounced back nicely through the season’s first three months. Overall, Richards owns a 4.34 ERA, 23.1 percent strikeout rate and 9.5 percent walk rate in 325 1/3 innings at the MLB level.
Francis, 25, was Milwaukee’s seventh-round pick in 2017 and has posted a solid season between Double-A and Triple-A thus far. He’s worked exclusively as a starter, tallying 59 2/3 innings with a 3.62 ERA, a 27.3 percent strikeout rate and a 7.1 percent walk rate. Francis is an extreme fly-ball pitcher who ranked 25th among Milwaukee farmhands on last week’s rankings from Eric Longenhagen of FanGraphs. Longenhagen notes that a newly added slider quickly became the best of Francis’ four pitches in 2021 and calls him a potential back-of-the-rotation arm with a excellent feel for pitching but mostly fringe stuff on the mound.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic first reported that Tellez was headed to the Brewers in exchange for Richards (Twitter link). Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi tweeted that Francis was also going to the Jays in the deal.
Interesting. It seems that Hiura had been hitting better of late and has far more upside than Tellez. Could be a platoon situation here as well.
Huira started off great on his return, but has been 3-18 w/9 Ks of late
I don’t know, probably just protection against Hiura.
Not sure a platoon is in our best interests…especially as Hiura has reverse splits.
The Brewers sure like their first basemen a bit on the chubby side (Fielder, Vogelbach, Tellez). Who’s next? Pablo Sandoval.
Choi…. Aguilar…
Too bad we couldn’t get kirk back… he is like the 5’8″ version of fielder.. he is my favorite current big (little) player!
Stairs, VanderWal
I think they are in contact with Bartolo Colon too to see if he’s will to switch positions
Whos on third?
Who ate third
“I don’t know.”
“No, he’s on first!”
“That’s what I’m saying, he ate third.”
“Who ate third?”
“I don’t know”
Ha! You can have him.
Tigers would have given you Nunez cheap.
Not getting Vlad.
George “Boomer” Scott was no Thin Man, either.
Gorman Thomas played a little 1b
We are a team named after makers of beer in a state known for its cheese so of course we like our first basemen big.
Joey Meyer?
Could you imagine owning an all you can eat anywhere within five miles of the stadium?
These posts prove that you trolls HAVE NO LIVES….
Wow I’m sure that burn really hurt a lot of feelings
Actually Cecil Cooper was the prototype. They’ve strayed a bit since Richie Sexon.
Damn they actually managed to get an MLB caliber pitcher with decent results for Tellez? That’s a W in my book. Even if he does somewhat breakout, it was never going to happen here and he’d always be a quad A player.
My thoughts exactly JD
Totally agree JD, getting a BP arm and a prospect starter in the high minors is better then I thought Tellez would fetch all on his own. I figured he might be 2nd or 3rd man in a bigger deal.
There’s a million Tellez’s out there – first baseman who hits for low average and has power. Brewers already have one in Vogelbach. I don’t understand why Stearns felt the need to give up “so much” for him, especially when he’s just a short term replacement for until Vogey gets back… Does this take them out of the market for a CJ Cron? It shouldn’t, but if they make that kind of move, then they seemingly made this trade for nothing.
Stearns clearly isn’t worried about trading away bullpen arms. I’m curious of his plan on supplementing his bullpen since I don’t see a plethora of in-house options. So now how much is he going to have to give up to fill those holes?
There’s still two to try in gustave and Barker as well as the hope that Ashby can get dialed in. Otherwise they know what they’ve got in the others.
Seems Milwaukee’s plan is to give prospects for guys who used to be something. Kramer trade although smaller was similar. Interesting to see how things work out. Maybe they can rejuvenate these guys and look smart. Maybe they know these weaker prospects aren’t going to amount to anything. I know I loved the pirates and jays side of the trades.
Maybe a 40 man crunch coming up this off season?
I am not always a fan of Stearn’s deals but in this case he sold high on both pitchers. This 1B may not be great but he did hit everywhere in the minors and has had some success in the bigs. Still young and was a top 60 prospect when drafted. Vogelbach may not play the rest of the year and I don’t think anyone has faith in Huira. Didn’t give up much, maybe didn’t get much but both teams got something for an area of need
Bowden Francis isn’t just a toss-in, either. Good deal for the BJs here.
He wasn’t last year.
25 years old, .283/.346/.540 .886 OPS
I’ll roll the dice he’s worth two nobody relievers. I mean…Richards is nice, but just moved so TB could make room on their 40. Not a high leverage reliever on a good team.
And the Jays have absolutely no use for Tellez, so…simple trade.
They would be better off with Rowdy Roddy Piper…..
Tellez replaces Vogelbach. I don’t follow the Brewers daily, but i figure Tellez would slot into the lineup whenever Vogey played
I’ll say this: MIL did a fantastic job finding Vogelbach’s clone. The problem, however, is that when Vogelbach returns they’ll have two 1B with essentially the same skillset. I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Except the two are nothing alike. Vogelbach’s problem is that he NEVER swings to the point of striking out looking more than literally any other player. (and when he does make contact he doesn’t usually square it up)
And Rowdy’s problem is that he lacks discipline and restraint. But when he does hit a ball, it stays hit. He’s a masher.
You could not find more differing players.
Heck.. maybe between the two of them, you have a first baseman…
The biggest difference between them is Rowdy plays good defense and Vogelbach ought to be a DH (except for not being able to hit and being in the wrong league). It’s no contest, they’ll DFA Vogelbach.
Rowdy doesn’t look quite as absurd on the bases either.
Who in the tf is Rowdy Tellez?
Lol ANTZ
As a Brewers fan who lives in Toronto, all I can say is please keep the frozen custard away from Tellez.
Not a chance. When Rowdy gets his first taste of Kopp’s they’ll have a flavor named after him. The triple chocolate Rowdeo!
Flavor of the Day!
The Brewers love Blue Jays first baseman
Wish we could have had Fred McGriff instead
Well maybe they could get Tom Emanski’s tapes for Tellez to study instead. Then he could be a baseball superstar as well.
Brewer fans should get their custom Vlad Jr. jerseys made now.
Brewers can hope this pick up works better than the great Derek Fisher experiment. Better than Justin Smoak. Hopefully as well as Adam Lind who they turned into a tremendous asset in Peralta.
Phillies would have sent Rhys Hoskins for that pitcher.Tellez stinks Hoskins much better.
Nobody asked lol
What are you even talking about? Hoskins is better–and would have cost more. Do you know how this works?
HIGHLY doubt the Phillies would have made that move
Good luck Rowdy! Before his knee injury last year, there was some promise at the plate. Ask Boston. He needs the universal DH.
I like the trade for the Jays. Rowdy had been struggling for long enough, and the Jays pick up another decent bullpen arm. Go jays!
Jays are desperate for arms and get a decent bullpen piece here. And, they traded a guy that who doesn’t have a spot in the lineup that won’t hurt them in Milwaukee if he does turn it around. Richards is also just entering are next year for what that’s worth.
Nice move Jays.
I do hope Rowdy figures it out in the big leagues. Best of luck to him in Milwaukee.
Brewers really like ex jays recently. I like this trade for both teams. Tellez needs a change of scenery. Jays needs pitching
The mets seem to like ex Jays even more
Again the Jays waited way too long to trade someone, this time Rowdy to The Brewers. So they had to sell low. They get an okay bullpen piece that is needed and a long shot prospect that might be a back end rotation or bullpen piece. These guys are just bodies. Where is the trade for elite bullpen piece or starter?
Put the bong down man lol. If the Jays go out and give up anything of value for an elite bullpen piece or starter you’ll cry about that. This is a great precursor to a bigger deal down the road. Teller has no spot therefore no future in Toronto. Lucky they got anything tbh.
Coldbeer, I agree that the Jays are lucky they got anything for Rowdy.
I called it publicly in these pages for Tellez to be traded years ago and Vlad Jr installed at 1st base. In fact I called it while Vlad Jr was in AAA, long before 2020.
They could have got a lot more for Tellez back then but no Vlad Jr was going to be the third baseman while Tellez was 1st base for the future. That is bong material..
Other then a small sample size in 2020 Tellez never established himself as a legit full time 1B not sure ” they could have gotten alot more back then ” carries much weight. He has shown short spurts of brilliance followed by a AAA demotion his entire career thus far. That is not going to get you anywhere close to a haul .
Alright Kenny Rogers. You can’t be impling you were the lone Vlad to first poster. Everyone knew it would be a miracle if he stayed at third, the team, more than likely, were just entertaining the wishes of a generational prospect.
I agree with you a little. I thought Rowdy should have been traded during the off-season as I did not think he would ever replicate last years numbers and perhaps there was an opportunity to trade while his value was ‘high’.
However what makes you think they were not trying to deal him before now? How do you know they could have received anything better? Maybe they tried and did not get any offers better then random bullpen piece. Easy to say ‘they should have traded him before now’ while not knowing if there was even a market for him.
20/20- tree. If only you were Jays GM, eh? Then you could pull off that Rowdy for Cole trade.
Cause you’re so smart.
as usual another stupid comment by doubteyes. A 35 game sample size in 2020 wasn;t fooling GM”s to think that was going to be the norm for Tellez moving forward. JFC do you have any clue what you are talking about. Oh yeah, “Mr. weak wrists and weak core Bo Bichette”. God you suck
Deok40. There is no reason to ever insult anyone in these pages. Be professional and mature. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
My comments about Bo are based on his whole career. His swing is so violent that his core and wrists which aren’t the naturally strongest will breakdown and at the end of the day looking back at his career, he will be a very good 2nd baseman, a blow average shortstop and an often injured player. He has had only 650 ab’s in his major league career so far. This will happen over time.
May I ask that please don’t insult me or anyone else just because I[we] have be trained to know these things based on years of scouting experience.
Do you want everybody to bow down and worship you as well? Anything else, you know since you have all that “experience”.
PeePee, again no reason to insult anyone.
If you want to bow down to someone, I advise trying Jesus.
If not, then KNEEL before ZOD!
Years of scouting experience?
Now that is funny.
Thanks for taking time from your busy scouting schedule to set us all straight.
Continue to be a meme
Though I rarely agree with Jimmertee, it is not impossible for him to be a scout. if players use this site than why not scouts?
As for scouts? What round was Trout taken again? yep, that’s all you need to know about scouts
Hey Taejonguy, there are two well-known good scouting stories [of thousands]you may or may not have heard of. the first from Buster Olney:
The scout, who worked for the Houston Astros, got a phone call from his supervisor, Dan O’Brien, just before the ’92 draft. O’Brien, then the scouting director for Houston, called to say the Astros planned to select Nevin with the first overall pick. ”It’s an organizational decision,” O’Brien said.
The scout — Hal Newhouser — was ”extremely disappointed,” O’Brien recalled. Newhouser implored club officials to reconsider their decision. But the Astros drafted Nevin; Jeter fell into the hands of the Yankees, who had the sixth pick in the first round.
Newhouser began his baseball career in 1939 with the Detroit Tigers, at age 18, won 207 games and two most valuable player awards and was inducted into the Hall of Fame, and in more than 50 years in the game, he had distinct tastes. He did not like Albert Belle, he decided. ”I don’t like his manners,” he said once. ”I don’t like his attitude. As far as I’m concerned, I wouldn’t pay to see him play.”
He liked Derek Jeter, everything about him. After the Astros picked Nevin instead of Jeter, Newhouser — nearing retirement, anyway — quit baseball in disgust.
The second story is about the two baseball scouts who went to see some 17yr old named Nolan Ryan. One loved him[Murff of the Mets] as a future star and one didn’t like Ryan[Sullivan of the Phillies]. Google it or read the book the Scout.
I will agree with you that Bo should be at second base. Not sure y he is at short. His arm isn’t good enough
Tellez was never regarded as a high ranking prospect. Baseball America ranked him as their 95th best prospect in 2017, but that was about it. Tellez was really only a 1B/DH option so him hitting enough to fill that was always in question. He did good in the minors, but never put up insane numbers.
They improved the bullpen and it didn’t cost them much. If a good deal emerges or if they gain ground then more help may come. If not these guys will be around next year or they could trade them for something better. 2 fantastic trades.
nice move for both sides
So Bowden Francis and Trevor Richards ok
I like this trade just as I liked the one for Cimber/Dickerson. Richards should be a nice addition and Francis (just looking at his stats) looks like he could be a solid depth rotation piece or potentially a nice bullpen arm. Best of luck to Rowdy. I was hoping for more out of him, but he had some good moments as a Jay. He’s more suited as an AL player (unless the NL does indeed adopt the DH) since he’s limited to first base, but he’ll do some damage now and again. He’s still just 26 so the Brewers might be able to tap into some more potential especially if he can start taking some more walks.
Francis, at his age, is more the guy you call up to make an emergency start when you aren’t ready to bring up a prospect yet. But you need those guys.
Brewers fans say: “Howdy, Rowdy!”
Come on Cashman you could have dumped Voit there.
terrible trade for Milwaukee
Francis looks like he might be a decent back of the rotation starter or long reliever. Not a high upside guy, but a pretty high floor guy.
Francis floor is very low. He is like the 50th prospect for the Brewers. That is the lowest of the low rank.
25th according to fangraphs, but still to your point he is a tweener prospect with no real position in the ML except for maybe as a 5th starter at best. More likely a mop-up role long reliever
Yup. Francis likely will not even make the big leagues. Not on the MLB prospect list and #46 on Prospects1500.com.
Do you even understand what a floor is? I don’t think you do because everything you are talking about describes the ceiling of a player. Prospect lists are all about ceilings, not floors. Ceilings are how good a player will be if EVERYTHING goes right and he fully realizes his potential, which rarely happens. Floors are how good will be if they don’t get much better than now. Basically they are a low risk prospect. But with a low ceiling guy, you have a low risk/low reward. Or your basic hybrid 5th starter/long reliever.
Francis’s floor is high, but his ceiling is low. Hopefully you get it now.
His floor is 15 innings in the major leagues with a 6+ ERA before no one wamts to take a chance on him any more. I know what a floor is. He’s a low floor, low ceiling prospect. Is that too bard to understand?
Wonder what the Yankees could get from them for Voit? Gleyber needs to move to 2B and DJ to 1B.
Depends on how this guy looks for the next 3 weeks.
Good luck Rowdy….easy player to root for
Pirates are overrated
Good move for the BJ’s.
I like this trade for the Jays, and I’m willing to bet that Atkins would have traded Tellez straight up for Richards if push came to shove. The addition of the prospect is just gravy. Speaking of Atkins, let it not be said that he sat on his hands and did nothing for the team when they needed help – he’s making moves and doing his job to make this team better, and that’s more than can be said for many GMs around the league. I think the next few years will be very exciting for this team.
Good luck Rowdy, I think its a good move for him and for the Jays. I think Rowdy is the kind of player who needs to be your everyday player. He’s a good 1st baseman with soft hands, and I think that much like Bastista, and Encarcion when the Jays got them when you get to play everyday you develop a rhythm and he may surprise .
It’s certainly possible, though Rowdy looked utterly lost and overwhelmed during the series against Boston last month. I remember cringing every time he was at-bat. Hopefully he can enjoy the playoff run and the Brewers can help develop him further.
GB85, that is a good take. He was lost at the plate a lot of the time. I personally think it started a few years ago when he lost his Mom. She was his motivating force. He hasn’t been the same since. He has all the strength and skill to do the job well both at the plate and in the field.
I really don’t understand the fascination with Daniel Vogelbach. He’s way overvalued.
Nice buy low for Brewers. Love this trade for Toronto. A guy they had no use for. For a reliever they need and a prospect. Fantastic.
I think most are sleeping on Bowden Francis a little bit here. His season at AAA has been absolutely stellar so far. I wouldn’t call this a buy-low for the Brewers; seems like a slight overpay to me, actually. Richards is a very consistent righty, too.
Stellar… consistent? Thats a bit of a stretch. Bowden has shown that he knows how to pitch, but to use a prospect evaluators description he’s “A power pitcher without overpowering stuff” He’s a tweener prospect, now enough command to be a starter without the overpowering stuff to be a late inning reliever. Richards is the opposite of consistent. His average from season to season are similar (below average) but game to game is certainly not consistent.
What is with all the “Brewers lost this trade” talk?? They traded a barely ML serviceable bullpen arm that tops out at 94mph with his fastball and a marginal pitching prospect who projects as a mop-up long reliever with a ceiling of a 5th starter. Neither team traded anyone of significance, so neither team can lose lol. Brewers also have Topa coming back off IL soon. I get why Blue Jays fans are happy that Tellez turned into something better than a DFA, but to say this is a horrible trade for the Brewers is way over valuing Richards/Francis
Exactly. The Brewers already won the trade by getting Adames from Tampa. Richards was just a throw in arm. Adames was the real target and they seem to have struck gold with him.
Change of scenery could do Tellez wonders-we will see. But as it stands now, the Brewers are taking a shot on a kid with power at a position that is crying for offensive production, and the Blue Jays are getting a half way decent arm to slot in to their pen, but nowhere near the level the Jays fans in this thread are describing him as.
Seems like a low risk trade for both sides to sure up some weak points. Jay fans continue their delusion.
Most Jays fans, just like myself, are happy to get a new arm in the bullpen, It’s killing the team right now. It doesn’t look like any of us are calling this a fleecing. TBH Tellez has the upside that none of the other players involved do.
It gives the Brewers a lefty bat to pair with Hiura. He can be optioned when Vogelbach comes back. And he replaces Vogelbach on the roster next season, likely for cheaper.
Lefty power (which plays well at Miller Park) depth at a position they were thin (Shaw was the third option before he was injured; they’ve been playing Jace Peterson some at first recently) that has options. For a serviceable bullpen arm. That’s not a horrible deal for the Brewers.
Honestly, I see it as a head scratcher for both teams.
I don’t see any player in this deal helping either team make the playoffs in 2021.
Merely plugging a hole for cheap, for the sake of plugging the hole.
Rowdy should be in AAA this year, and with another year of experience, plus an offseason to train and get in better shape (physically and mentally).. he’d probably be a solid bat in 2022.
So, not sure what either team is doing here, but you roll the dice that maybe Rowdy Tellez gets hot, plays better with everyday playing time and fills your hole at 1B.
I don’t doubt that he could give you a .240-28-80 season. Which is probably better than what you’ve got.
I’m confused how you’re confused that the jays needed another decent bullpen arm.
Rowdy will be 27 next spring. Some guys suddenly find it at 27, but most don’t, so you can’t pretend he’s some prospect who just needs more AAA experience. There’s a whole lot of doubt that he can provide .240/28/80 next year. And even if he could, the Blue Jays can certainly do better than that with one of their 4 outfielders DHing.
Enjoy Rowdy, Brewers fans. He is better than Jays fans will give him credit for.
Rowdy’s a very mercurial person and he was completely lost at the plate before he was sent down, which is why Jays fans are a little sour on him.
But if he ever figures it out, he’s a great player. The expectations were that he would be the Jays’ next cleanup hitter.
He didn’t get it done here, so time to move on.
What you’re getting is a guy that SMOKES the ball. Rowdy was hitting longer home runs than Teoscar and Vlad Jr last season.
No, the Brewers did not get taken on this deal.
Rowdy Tellez is a good player, he just needs some work.
Totally agree rov, Tellez is going to be a good player once he gets his head straightened out.
I think he’ll figure it out. This is what, his 3rd major league season? (I’m not including his September callup in 2018)
And that’s if you call 2020 a season.
This is typical disgruntled Jays fans wanting certain players traded for a bag of peanuts.
There’s nothing wrong with Rowdy Tellez, just gotta give the man time.
He has looked VERY good at times. Like the cleanup hitter Milwaukee is looking for.
Will he get there? Probably not this year, but yeah.
I think maybe they keep Vogelbach and let Rowdy develop in AAA and see what happens.
It’s a great deal for them.
There’s always the chance that Rowdy could help this year, obviously, but to me he is still a prospect. A good one though.
I agree. Tellez is a class act. I’m a Jays fan and will miss him but I like the trade on both sides. Tellez just needs time to play regularly.
I’m mad they didn’t get more for him. Tellez was one of our key hitters last season.
Really bad sell-low.
Tellez had his opportunities this year, so hard to continue to find ABs for him when other guys are simply out hitting him by a wide margin.
It’s a bad take on your part
It’s a bad take to suggest NOT to trade a prospect for a bag of balls because he was bad for 2 months?
Or is it a bad take to not hate Rowdy Tellez? (because he was bad for 2 months)
Typical from Toronto fans. The losing is getting to people and fans start turning on their players.
Gurriel Jr is a butcher on flyballs and line drives over his head or right at him. The Jays need to try him at third.
Because the hot corner is the perfect place for a guy who can’t catch a line drive, and his history shows he’s such a quick learner when you throw him into an unfamiliar position.
Remember when we were all complaining Teoscar Hernandez was hopeless in the outfield?
Crew has an endless supply in their bullpen- they gave up nothing. Rowdy might not amount to anything, but the upside is immense.
The Brewers are doing so well with the other left handed DH that can’t hit his body weight at the ML level they got from Toronto.
Perhaps a change of scenery will do Tellez good
Elated to read this as a Red Sox fan, that dude is probably personally responsible for like 10 losses to the Blue Jays since his career started. Check out this crazy stat per Matt Collins:
Overall in his career, the Blue Jays first baseman has hit .251/.311/.492. Against the Red Sox in his career, he has hit .377/.451/.857. Baseball-Reference has a stat called tOPS+ which compares a player in any given split relative to their overall batting line. So, for example, a tOPS+ of 110 would mean that in the given split Player X is ten percent better than they are overall. Tellez’s tOPS+ against the Red Sox is 219. That means Tellez is 119 percent better against the Red Sox than anyone else.
I assume the majority of that was 2020, good timing I suppose. He did not hit well vs the Sox this year
Oh man the trollz are real on this thread. Jimmer telling his old folk tales about his pro scouting tips aka whatever sportsnet was saying the week before. That was a great Google look up story you had there, what’s your real name and who were you a scout for? Also a number of someone I could call that’s not your mother to confirm it, it’s the only way you will ever get any form of recognition, cause in all honesty your predictions are legit what every single professional sports writers have said the week before. This was a great trade and a current win for the Jays. Log jammed at first base/DH Jays had to see what they had in Rowdy, and they found that without consistent playtime at DH/FB he will never be good. Jays needed bullpen help that they got for a player that wouldn’t have been available without the brewers need for help at first. Great trade on both ends
Brewers looking to make a trade for Chatwood and Dolis to bolster the bullpen and become the Milwaukee Blue Jays.
Good move for the Jays. No room for Tellez anymore. He didn’t step up to the challenge this year and found his way in AAA. Could be a win for both teams. Jays got the job done of acquiring bullpen help.
Rowdy Tellez’ bat will THRIVE at AmFam Field. Stearns has done it again.
Solid deal for both teams. Tellez has upside no doubt about that.
Tellez’ biggest skill is his ability to absolutely crush Red Sox pitching to the tune of a 1.184 OPS.
Gee, imagine that! Stearns/Milwaukee acquires another replica of the last recent several slow-a-foot infielders they’ve traded for or signed. Why would any Brewer fan expect anything different? Think Stearns/Counsell has a preference for the “type” of player they want in a Brewer uniform?
Richards gave toronto more tonight in 1 inning of no hit relief then Rowdy gave them in 2021…seriously.
Loved Rowdy, but I also loved Brett Lawrie
Sometimes a glimpse of potential is all we get.
If Keston keeps hitting like he has the past 3 to 4 games, I think it is time to call Braun up and give him one last chance to play before a full stadium. He can play 1st and in the outfield. Even though he isn’t the greatest 1st baseman, his bat would be worth having around.
If Keston keeps hitting like he has the past 3 to 4 games, I think it is time to call Braun up and give him one last chance to play before a full stadium. He can play 1st and in the outfield. Even though he isn’t the greatest 1st baseman, his bat would be worth having around. I am a Brewers fan, and most Brewer fans would like to see Braun on last time before he does completely retire. He deserves a proper send off.