{"id":16280,"date":"2019-01-07T10:25:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=16280"},"modified":"2024-12-28T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T15:56:09","slug":"troy-tulowitzki-joining-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/01\/07\/troy-tulowitzki-joining-yankees\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran SS Troy Tulowitzki Joins New York Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After missing the entire 2018 season due to bone spurs, veteran shortstop <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tulowtr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Troy Tulowitzki<\/a><\/strong> <\/strong>will be playing in the Bronx for 2019. According to ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/new-york-yankees\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Yankees<\/a>\u00a0reportedly agreed to terms with Tulowitzki on a league-minimum deal last week. Tulo was released by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2018\/12\/11\/toronto-blue-jays-release-troy-tulowitzki\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> in December, despite owing him $20 million for the 2019 season. The Yankees have not confirmed the signing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is in agreement on a deal with the New York Yankees pending a physical, league sources tell ESPN. Tulowitzki is expected to join the Yankees on a league-minimum deal, with the Toronto Blue Jays paying the remainder of his $20 million salary.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1080318147691982848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Veteran SS Troy Tulowitzki Joins New York Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>It was not that long ago that Tulowitzki was considered the premier shortstop in all of baseball. Known for his acrobatic plays and strong bat, Tulo was a five-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/colorado-rockies\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Rockies<\/a>. From 2007-14, Tulowitzki averaged 22 home runs, 25 doubles, and 75 runs scored with a 127 OPS+.<\/p>\n<p>His best season in Colorado was 2010 when he slashed .315\/.381\/.568 with 27 home runs, 32 doubles, and 89 runs scored. It marked his second straight fifth-place finish in MVP voting while capturing a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Tulowitzki was never the same player in Toronto. He did put up a 20 home run &#8211; 20 double season in 2016, but his slash line suffered after arriving from Colorado. Tulowitzki posted a line of .250\/.313\/.414 while appearing in 238 games over parts of three seasons with the Blue Jays. That does not count 2018, a season he missed entirely while dealing with bone spurs.<\/p>\n<h3>To the Yankees<\/h3>\n<p>For the Yankees, Tulowitzki offered a lost-cost solution to their hole at short. <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gregodi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Didi Gregorius<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> will miss <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2018\/10\/12\/didi-gregorius-undergo-tommy-john\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at least the first part of 2019<\/a> as he rehabs from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy John<\/a><\/strong> Surgery. Plugging in Tulowitzki, on a league-minimum deal, should be viewed as a slam dunk.<\/p>\n<p>There remains an obvious health concern for a player who missed all of 2018 and appeared in just 66 games throughout 2017. However, it is not every day a player with Tulowitzki&#8217;s track record and talent is available, especially at such a low cost. Hopefully he can remain healthy and provide a boost until Gregorius makes his return.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"gtEtYny-SHBxXSHaCFjQ4w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/818063876\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'gtEtYny-SHBxXSHaCFjQ4w',sig:'PL00GTMaj6qHu3dn2O4ulSRU78c8tYgY0cMHz1YSOrs=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'818063876',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After missing all of 2018 due to injury, veteran shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is reportedly joining the New York Yankees via a low-cost contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1230,"featured_media":16284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,2,1071,5,7],"tags":[68,69,2262,467],"class_list":["post-16280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","category-mlb","category-yankees","category-bluejays","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-free-agency","tag-troy-tulowitzki"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}