Tulo Calls It a Career

This afternoon New York Yankees shortstop Troy Tulowitzki announced his retirement. Tulowitzki, who signed with the Yankees last off-season, only played 5 games with the Bronx Bombers before being put on the 10-Day IL with a left calf strain. He would later be transferred to the 60-Day IL.


Tulowitzki's 13-year big league career which was spent mostly with the Colorado Rockies and later the Toronto Blue Jays, was plagued by injuries. Since 2011, Tulowitzki only played in more than 100 games a season thrice. But when he was healthy, Tulo was arguably the best shortstop in the NL. After finishing runner up in NL Rookie of the Year balloting and a World Series in 2007, Tulo would earn five NL All-Star Team selections between 2010 and 2015 winning two Silver Slugger and two Gold Gloves both in 2010 and 2011.


At the trading deadline in 2015, Tulowitzki would end up in a Blue Jays uniform and would lead the team to their first post-season appearance in 22 years and to another the following season. However, hamstring and ankle injuries would limit Tulo to 66 games in 2017. He missed the entire 2018 season with bone spurs in his right ankle. The Jays would release Tulo last December. The Yankees took a chance on Tulo due to the injury to Didi Gregorius and he earned the starting shortstop job, but this proved short-lived. Tulowitzki finishes his career with 1,391 hits, a lifetime batting average of .290, 225 HR and 780 RBI in 1,291 games. These numbers won't get him into Cooperstown, but they will endear him to fans in Denver and Toronto for many years to come.