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Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:06 pm
by rotty
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:11 pm
by Wo1verine
wow lol
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:19 pm
by polo007
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:20 pm
by Natural11
Couldn't even get some movie passes for him. Anyway, I'm happy that saga is over.
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:20 pm
by Schad
So, that'd be why we sent a shot across Tulo's bow. He didn't want to be a part-time player, and presumably wasn't willing to take a buyout, so we just straight-up released him.
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:26 pm
by emptytheclip
I guess there was no way out of that contract, but still surprised we ate all of it
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:41 pm
by Schad
emptytheclip wrote:I guess there was no way out of that contract, but still surprised we ate all of it
Once we'd established that Tulo had no interest in being anything but a starting shortstop, there really wasn't another option. No team was going to trade for him under those circumstances, because no team was going to hand him a starting job. Having an old, malcontent player kicking around didn't really serve our purposes, and he weren't going to save any money on his deal, so might as well kick him to the curb.
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:47 pm
by manjusaka
Good move. Now we can concentrated on developing our young shortstops.
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:48 pm
by dballislife
are we now a rich i dont care about money team, cause this is a rich team i dont care about money move
are we gonna spend on some decent free agents now? we have to right?
who pays 40 million to a guy not even playing for your team, but not go and pay millions for a player to come play for your team
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:53 pm
by Schad
dballislife wrote:are we now a rich i dont care about money team, cause this is a rich team i dont care about money move
are we gonna spend on some decent free agents now? we have to right?
who pays 40 million for a guy not even playing for your team, but not go and pay millions for a player to come play for your team
We were going to be paying him regardless. His contract was a sunk cost; there was zero point in keeping him as a bench player just to justify the awful trade the previous GM made.
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:02 pm
by Raps in 4
dballislife wrote:are we now a rich i dont care about money team, cause this is a rich team i dont care about money move
are we gonna spend on some decent free agents now? we have to right?
who pays 40 million to a guy not even playing for your team, but not go and pay millions for a player to come play for your team
Rogers about to sign Machado and Harper. $300 million payroll incoming.
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:04 pm
by polo007
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:08 pm
by Brinbe
just straight up eat that money lmfao damn
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:09 pm
by emptytheclip
dballislife wrote:are we now a rich i dont care about money team, cause this is a rich team i dont care about money move
are we gonna spend on some decent free agents now? we have to right?
who pays 40 million to a guy not even playing for your team, but not go and pay millions for a player to come play for your team
Was thinking along the same line.
I’m not sure if Cleveland ever released a player with 38 Mill left on the contract in this manner. Shatkins flexing their big boy pants
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:11 pm
by SharoneWright
It was so fun to watch Ross answer Hazel just yesterday as to whether Troy was in the Jays' plans for 2019. Ross: "Oh, for sure. Right now we just want to make sure Troy is getting himself healthy...." He couldn't have sped through the words "oh, for sure" any faster if he tried. Meanwhile he's already got a very big check signed by Rogers tucked in his breast pocket. LOL
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:15 pm
by Black Watch
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:17 pm
by rotty
what a life. Get paid 38 million dollars to leave the team and not play
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:18 pm
by JaysRule15
Watch him agree to be a utility player for another team. It's either that or forced retirement for him.
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:19 pm
by Black Watch
Sources telling me that the first call Tulo received after the news broke was from Pablo Sandoval...
Re: Blue Jays release Troy Tulowitzki
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:21 pm
by JaysRule15
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.