Troy Tulowitzki played in 66 games for the Blue Jays in 2017, hitting seven home runs while batting .249, before missing all of 2018. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press
There was a time when the Yankees landing Troy Tulowitzki would have been trumpeted — an All-Star shortstop treading the same patch of Yankee Stadium dirt as his boyhood idol, Derek Jeter.
Now, though, the union carries more pragmatism than pomp.
The Yankees need a shortstop to replace the injured Didi Gregorius for several months, and Tulowitzki, who has missed a year and half with injuries and was released by the Toronto Blue Jays last month, needs a place to resurrect his career.