With less than six weeks to go until pitchers and catchers report, there is a chance the Yankees already have their Opening Day shortstop. If it’s not Gleyber Torres or Tyler Wade (or Hanser Alberto), it’ll likely be Troy Tulowitzki. The Yankees signed Tulowitzki to a low risk league minimum contract earlier this week. The Blue Jays owe him $20M in 2019. (Plus another $18M in 2020.)
Realistically, expectations for Tulowitzki should be low. He hasn’t played in 18 months and, when he did play last, he wasn’t very good. Tulowitzki hit .249/.300/.378 (79 wRC+) in 260 plate appearances in 2017 and .