Late last month, I wrote a pretty scathing review of the Troy Tulowitzki trade looking at all of the players involved purely as assets and liabilities via surplus value. In short, it's extremely hard not to conclude the Rockies traded away the beloved face of their franchise while taking a significant loss in overall surplus value. It's a very ugly deal for Colorado when you look at it in a vacuum.
However, that's not the only perspective that's important when discussing this move. In the poll from that piece last month, only 23 percent of the over 2,600 respondents approved of the return, but that group was proportionately active in the comments section, providing a sort of vocal minority within the community.