DUNEDIN — Ball after ball is clearing the centre-field fence during a recent morning batting practice session at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium.
Naturally, it catches the attention of those Blue Jays players doing separate workouts in the field and heads are turned.
“There goes Rowdy, again,” one veteran says with a mix of admiration and the playfulness many teammates are heaping on the powerful young prospect these days.
The 21-year-old with the awesome baseball name — Rowdy Tellez — has certainly been a presence through the first 10 games of the Grapefruit League season.
Yes, he’s big and, yes, he can hit.