GDT: The Toronto Blue Jays vs Pittsburgh Buccaneers. 1.07pm

[Daniel Labude]

So is Tellez > Smoak already?

[Stangstag]

lol... why did Buck say he was pitching today?

 

Either alcohol or Alzheimer's

[jays4life19]

Either alcohol or Alzheimer's

 

I'm going with a little from column B and a lot from column A

[Spanky99]

So is Tellez > Smoak already?

 

No... maybe... doubt it.

[Jonn]

I really hope Tellez doesn't actually wear #1. He needs a big number to fill out the big back.

[KingKat]

I really hope Tellez doesn't actually wear #1. He needs a big number to fill out the big back.

 

In that case, give him 01.

[Spanky99]

In that case, give him 01.

 

Oliver?

[John_Havok]

I really hope Tellez doesn't actually wear #1. He needs a big number to fill out the big back.

 

That single vertical 1 is slimming.

[Spanky99]

01 is Oliver.

[FrozenRopes]

So is Tellez > Smoak already?

 

He was before 2017 even started

[Ehjays]

01 is Oliver.

 

Oliver I thought was 0 not 01 or maybe he was 00 but Fernandez was 1 so Oliver for sure wasn't that

[Jonn]

In that case, give him 01.

 

He looks like a #25 or #35

[THANOS]

Rowdy Tellez should win the first base job over smoak

 

I don't think he can with Shapiro/Atkins running things. They want to be conservative with our prospects. I can see a scenario where he's up here by May or June though, if he slaughters AAA while Smoak flounders above.

[Ray]

More than anything, they probably don't want to run the clock on Tellez when he's raw. Probably want to make sure he can stick at AAA for sure before bringing him up.

[Dr. Dinger]

Zero chance Tellez gets the 1B job out of spring training, this management would never burn an extra year of control on him, and rightly so.

[AdamGreenwood]

Add that to the fact that management rarely likes to concede mistakes.

If Smoak is sitting on the bench, they'll be pummeled with questions about why we signed him for the amount that we did.

[glory]

Zero chance Tellez gets the 1B job out of spring training, this management would never burn an extra year of control on him, and rightly so.

 

Yeah, he definitely won't start the season in the bigs for that reason (nevermind having Pearce and Smoak on the roster). This regime actually cares about service time and options. It wouldn't surprise me if he spends all of 2017 in AAA unless Pearce/Smoak both crash hard and he is tearing the cover off the ball. With Morales at DH, Tellez's only open spot is 1B, and Smoak/Pearce are two players the F.O. likes a lot. Don't see him being a factor in 2017. Maybe 2018.