Rowdy Tellez is officially a free agent at the prorated league minimum

Tellez, 30, is in his eighth big league season and has popped 11 home runs while serving as Seattle's primary first baseman.

Early in the year, he was expected to see more time at designated hitter for skipper Dan Wilson, but the injury to Raley and ongoing injury issues for infielder Jorge Polanco (who was accordingly relegated to DH work) pushed Tellez into the field on a regular basis.

After a disastrous start to his season, Tellez righted the ship in mid-April and has been a serviceable but flawed source of power in the heart of the Mariners' order.

He reached base just once in his first 23 plate appearances but has since swatted 11 homers and slugged .484. That power comes with a low average and bottom-of-the-barrel OBP, however.

Tellez rarely walks, is easy to position against defensively due to his extreme-pull approach, and is measured by Statcast as the slowest player in baseball (eliminating virtually any chance of him reaching via infield hit).

Dating back to April 11, Tellez has taken 162 turns at the plate and is hitting .229/.265/.484.

He's been shielded almost entirely from left-handed pitching, receiving just 14 plate appearances and reaching base only twice (one single, one hit-by-pitch).

He's hitting .219/.257/.463 against right-handed pitching this year.

Tellez originally signed a minor league contract with Seattle but locked in a $1.5MM salary when he made the roster after a big spring performance. He's still owed about $806K of that sum.

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