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Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki

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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#21 » by Schad » Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:22 pm

JaysRule15 wrote:Watch him agree to be a utility player for another team. It's either that or forced retirement for him.


I'm fine with that. We aren't wanting for utility players anyway, so it won't cost us much to replace him, and the utility options we have generally come with more actual utility.
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#22 » by YogiStewart » Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:29 pm

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of course he's grateful.
his client just got $40 mil to sit and home, eat Cheetos and masturbate
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#23 » by SharoneWright » Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:34 pm

Black Watch wrote:Sources telling me that the first call Tulo received after the news broke was from Pablo Sandoval...


And my sources are saying the second call was from the HOF Veterans Committee.... :thumbsup:
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#24 » by Duffman100 » Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:37 pm

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polo007 wrote:
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of course he's grateful.
his client just got $40 mil to sit and home, eat Cheetos and masturbate


And to think I do that for free...
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#25 » by rotty » Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:41 pm

JaysRule15 wrote:I remember Tulo's first game as a Jay, where he hit that homer.

And it all went downhill from there. His most memorable moment is probably that collision with Pillar.


He had some clutch hits in the playoffs, but yeah I will remember him for that injury lol
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#26 » by BigLeagueChew » Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:51 pm

The noticeable immediate difference was Tulowitzki over Jose Reyes. We started turning more double plays, less ground balls leaving the infield.
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#27 » by JaysRule15 » Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:53 pm

Schad wrote:
JaysRule15 wrote:Watch him agree to be a utility player for another team. It's either that or forced retirement for him.


I'm fine with that. We aren't wanting for utility players anyway, so it won't cost us much to replace him, and the utility options we have generally come with more actual utility.


Would be hilarious if AA signs him lol.
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#28 » by Fairview4Life » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:00 pm

Black Watch wrote:Sources telling me that the first call Tulo received after the news broke was from Pablo Sandoval...


Are the Mets still paying Bobby Bonilla?
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#29 » by Black Watch » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:01 pm

SharoneWright wrote:
Black Watch wrote:Sources telling me that the first call Tulo received after the news broke was from Pablo Sandoval...


And my sources are saying the second call was from the HOF Veterans Committee.... :thumbsup:

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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#30 » by BigLeagueChew » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:03 pm

Fairview4Life wrote:
Black Watch wrote:Sources telling me that the first call Tulo received after the news broke was from Pablo Sandoval...


Are the Mets still paying Bobby Bonilla?


That one ends in 2035.
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#31 » by Black Watch » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:05 pm

Fairview4Life wrote:
Black Watch wrote:Sources telling me that the first call Tulo received after the news broke was from Pablo Sandoval...


Are the Mets still paying Bobby Bonilla?

Not the same.
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#32 » by vaff87 » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:18 pm

JaysRule15 wrote:I remember Tulo's first game as a Jay, where he hit that homer.

And it all went downhill from there. His most memorable moment is probably that collision with Pillar.


I think his 3 run home run in Game 3 in 2015 vs Texas.
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#33 » by johanliebert » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:24 pm

YogiStewart wrote:
polo007 wrote:
Read on Twitter

of course he's grateful.
his client just got $40 mil to sit and home, eat Cheetos and masturbate

For 40 mil I doubt he has to masterbate,
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#34 » by polo007 » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:31 pm

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LAS VEGAS – Consider the $38-million price tag on the release of Troy Tulowitzki the final bill for punting Jose Reyes midway through the 2015 season, when the need to pay out a shortstop who no longer fit the roster was punted a few years down the road.

The Toronto Blue Jays could have taken the financial hit then, run with Ryan Goins at shortstop and diverted their resources elsewhere but then-GM Alex Anthopoulos instead made a bold play for the longtime Colorado Rockies star.

Essentially, the math worked like this: the money was essentially even in ’15, but the Blue Jays took on the $98 million owed to Tulowitzki rather than eating the $48 million due Reyes in 2016-17 plus a buyout on his 2018 club option. So for $50 million, they got Tulowitzki and reliever LaTroy Hawkins for Reyes and prospects Jeff Hoffman, Jesus Tinoco and Miguel Castro.

“For us it’s roster flexibility,” Atkins said inside the Blue Jays suite at the winter meetings. “And for both it’s the ability to be more proactive and responsive to the potential of not having that flexibility and Troy being on our roster and potentially not playing on a regular basis. I don’t want to characterize or misrepresent Troy, but having the ability to be proactive was seemingly powerful for them.”
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#35 » by Black Watch » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:35 pm

YogiStewart wrote:
polo007 wrote:
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of course he's grateful.
his client just got $40 mil to sit and home, eat Cheetos and masturbate

Read the tweet. He's grateful for the opportunity to freely seek a job elsewhere.
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#36 » by polo007 » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:46 pm

Toronto Blue Jays General Manger Ross Atkins spoke to media at the MLB Wineter Meetings following the release of SS Troy Tulowitzki.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/atkins-releasing-tulo-best-option-blue-jays/
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#37 » by Black Watch » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:48 pm

I was curious, so I did a search on YouTube for reaction...

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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#38 » by dagger » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:48 pm

YogiStewart wrote:
polo007 wrote:
Read on Twitter

of course he's grateful.
his client just got $40 mil to sit and home, eat Cheetos and masturbate

So that's what you do at home? :lol:
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#39 » by dagger » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:50 pm

I'll give Rogers credit for this. The beancounters probably found a few gains, and this is worthy of a formal write-off in the quarterly earnings. This probably rose to the executive level of the parent company.
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Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki 

Post#40 » by Black Watch » Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:51 pm

dagger wrote:
YogiStewart wrote:
polo007 wrote:
Read on Twitter

of course he's grateful.
his client just got $40 mil to sit and home, eat Cheetos and masturbate

So that's what you do at home? :lol:

:lol:
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