Yankees sign Tulo

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Jeff Passan

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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.

[Carlos Danger]

Jeff Passan

@JeffPassan

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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.

 

I can see this being a Greek Tragedy... Probably will be just our luck he will put a up a 5 WAR season while we are paying him to play for one of if not the richest teams in baseball.. LOL

 

I am happy we cut him loose.. Just sucks he will be within the division on the Evil Empire.. for $555K USD and we are paying $20 million.. USD damn..

 

Pretty sure Manny Machado will go to the Yanks, they will move him to 3rd and trade Andujar... .. Tulo will play until Didi returns.. They will get some good prospects for Andujar,... The really good will get even better...

Edited January 2, 2019 by Carlos Danger

[Ehjays]

He will be lucky to play 50 games

[Krylian]

2019 AL MVP...Troy Tulowitzki

[saskjayfan]

2019 AL MVP...Troy Tulowitzki

 

here here...2019 AL MVP Troy Tulowitzki!

[G-Snarls]

Thread title fixed

[Spanky__99]

He will be lucky to play 50 games

 

That's all they need him for...

[Laika]

"[Tulo] always wanted to be a Yankee, and tried to get there years before..."

 

[Ehjays]

That's all they need him for...

 

and he will be lucky to get there

[xposbrad]

I can see this being a Greek Tragedy... Probably will be just our luck he will put a up a 5 WAR season while we are paying him to play for one of if not the richest teams in baseball.. LOL

 

I am happy we cut him loose.. Just sucks he will be within the division on the Evil Empire.. for $555K USD and we are paying $20 million.. USD damn..

 

Pretty sure Manny Machado will go to the Yanks, they will move him to 3rd and trade Andujar... .. Tulo will play until Didi returns.. They will get some good prospects for Andujar,... The really good will get even better...

 

Let's wait until Machado signs. But the NL East will be Red Sox/Yanks for several more years to come.

[Krylian]

Let's wait until Machado signs. But the NL East will be Red Sox/Yanks for several more years to come.

 

Breaking news!

[Jonn]

I still think its stupid he was released with zero financial savings. I wanted him to come to Spring Training and quit and go home like he said he would. That way he could have been suspended without pay.

 

I doubt he helps the Yankees much but if he does it’s going to be a giant piss off.

[Abomination]

I still think its stupid he was released with zero financial savings. I wanted him to come to Spring Training and quit and go home like he said he would. That way he could have been suspended without pay.

 

I doubt he helps the Yankees much but if he does it’s going to be a giant piss off.

 

Yeah, I would have preferred to see what he could do if he really is mostly healthy rather than pay for someone else on top of his salary who may not be much better. Worst case, let him go in May if need be. Best case, he gets off to a hot start and someone picks up some of his remaining salary via trade.

[Jimcanuck]

Don't care. 2019 is a write off for the Jays, a development year with Pearson / Pardinho / Groshans / etc getting 1 year closer to MLB.

 

Hope to score some low priced tickets to see Vlad and hope Tulo gets his ring.

[justafan]

Can't say I care.

[Boxcar]

I still think its stupid he was released with zero financial savings. I wanted him to come to Spring Training and quit and go home like he said he would. That way he could have been suspended without pay.

 

I doubt he helps the Yankees much but if he does it’s going to be a giant piss off.

 

I'd be surprised if he plays more than 5 games. It's pretty clear that he's on the brink of retirement.

[Boxcar]

Yeah, I would have preferred to see what he could do if he really is mostly healthy rather than pay for someone else on top of his salary who may not be much better. Worst case, let him go in May if need be. Best case, he gets off to a hot start and someone picks up some of his remaining salary via trade.

 

Well, maybe we can make up for it by signing Bartolo Colon and then flipping him at the deadline for Wander Franco or something.

[DigitalRock]

f*** Tulo he never wanted to be a Jay.

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

f*** Tulo he never wanted to be a Jay.

 

Showed his true Douche bag , intiled colours

Before he left ... True Yankee !

 

now how many can he hit over the short cheating ass Porch they have !

 

Over/ under and how many against the Jays?

 

plus another thing that needs to be umm

Fixed with Baseball this min ******** should at less be 10-20 percent of the contract or International money or something that goes back ... Loss of your last pick in the Draft !

 

Provided that contract is More then x amount

Above league minimum!

[5ToolPhenom]

Yeah, I would have preferred to see what he could do if he really is mostly healthy rather than pay for someone else on top of his salary who may not be much better. Worst case, let him go in May if need be. Best case, he gets off to a hot start and someone picks up some of his remaining salary via trade.

 

Exactly what I was thinking. I didn't see the harm in giving him a look as we won't be competing anyways. Perhaps they're 100 percent certain that he's finished. Can't see any other reasonable explanation.

[mtljaysfan]

Tulo hasn't played for us for almost 2 years.

 

The FO probably doesn't think he can be any good on the field.

 

And we need a spot on the 25 man rsoter to keep Luciano.

 

I take it as we traded Tulo for Luciano with all his money paid by the Jays of course and I'm quite happy with it.

[saskjayfan]

Tulo hasn't played for us for almost 2 years.

 

The FO probably doesn't think he can be any good on the field.

 

And we need a spot on the 25 man rsoter to keep Luciano.

 

I take it as we traded Tulo for Luciano with all his money paid by the Jays of course and I'm quite happy with it.

 

It's easy to be happy when it's not your money. The idea of a pitcher taking a middle infielder's spot is ridiculous. Gurriel or Urena are the guys taking Tulo's spot. Both have options. If Tulo plays like crap like Atkins predicted no one will care. If he plays close to a league average shortstop or better, people will complain, because they could have traded him for some sort of prospect and saved some money. Time will tell.

[mtljaysfan]

It's easy to be happy when it's not your money. The idea of a pitcher taking a middle infielder's spot is ridiculous. Gurriel or Urena are the guys taking Tulo's spot. Both have options. If Tulo plays like crap like Atkins predicted no one will care. If he plays close to a league average shortstop or better, people will complain, because they could have traded him for some sort of prospect and saved some money. Time will tell.

 

Well we have to pay him weather we keep him on the team or not.

 

Considering we're not competing next year, I'd rather let guys like Gurriel play out the reason to see if we can count on them in the future.

 

He's worth of a spot on the roster only if he put up a decent season and be traded at the deadline.

 

The probability of that happening is not high I guess and he has a Non-trade clause BTW.

 

So yes I rather have Luciano than Tulo on the team, as there's potential he can be a useful piece for us in a few years.

[connorp]

Exactly what I was thinking. I didn't see the harm in giving him a look as we won't be competing anyways. Perhaps they're 100 percent certain that he's finished. Can't see any other reasonable explanation.

 

Seems like they were going after “franchise reputation” points. Released him as a favor essentially after meeting with his agent

[connorp]

mtljatfan: Boxy, backed by his PhD, will be addressing your use of the word “weather”

[Boxcar]

mtljatfan: Boxy, backed by his PhD, will be addressing your use of the word “weather”

 

Why are you so pathetically insecure? Believe me, if I could force myself out of your head, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

[connorp]

Why are you so pathetically insecure? Believe me, if I could force myself out of your head, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

 

I enjoy singling you out like you do with Jim or anyone else, what’s the diff? Quit complaining

[Boxcar]

I enjoy singling you out like you do with Jim or anyone else, what’s the diff? Quit complaining

 

I'm not complaining, it's just weird. I'm concerned for your mental health.

[Bobthe4th]

Seems like they were going after “franchise reputation” points. Released him as a favor essentially after meeting with his agent

 

This seems to be a bigger factor than thinking Tulo has zero chance of any kind of bounce back. Half the teams in the league apparently were willing to give him a chance:

 

[Bobthe4th]

I mean a minimum salary look at Tulo to see if he can provide any value doesn’t have many drawbacks for other teams.

 

If we’d kept him he could have used his no trade to veto anything he didn’t want, Heyman’s above tweet, plus the posturing of only willing to play SS for us...... suggests to me he just wants as much control as possible over his remaining time in the game.