Lip Man 1 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 According to MLB.com the Cubs are now interested in Tulo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thxfrthmmrs Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Lillian said: If that was the case, why wouldn't the Blue Jays have simply told him that he can't play SS, and let him retire? Wouldn't that have saved them the $38 Million? Because there are others teams willing to give him a shot at SS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Lillian said: If that was the case, why wouldn't the Blue Jays have simply told him that he can't play SS, and let him retire? Wouldn't that have saved them the $38 Million? No, Tulo would not just walk away. He's gonna get his money. Toronto did what they did because of the enema factor. They just want him gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 12/15/2018 at 1:22 PM, Lip Man 1 said: According to MLB.com the Cubs are now interested in Tulo. This makes sense. Cubs could offer him the league minimum and a chance to win the job out of ST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
he gone. Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 He's the kind of guy that 8/10 won't work out because of injury and age, but the kind of guy I still think the Sox should explore if we don't do well on the Manny and Harper signings. Tulo graded out as an above avg. defender going back to his last healthy season. His bat was always dangerous back in the day. The chances are that he's no more than a Yolmer type, but when you have no real 3B, he's not a bad cheap option to bring in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Sox had someone in attendance at his workout https://sports.yahoo.com/time-will-tell-whats-store-troy-tulowitzki-working-nearly-dozen-teams-011736651.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrathofhahn Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Tulo bat speed is gone. The games I saw it looked like he was guessing to even try to make contact and as a result chased some truly awful pitches. Dude is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Tulo at first hated the trade to Toronto. My understanding back then, based on hearsay (or I just can't remember the source), was that Tulo could not easily get his dogs into Canada. I'm not familiar with dog laws up there these days. I'm not making excuses for him, just sayin'...…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogan873 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Forgive my ignorance, and I'm not suggesting or expecting the Sox to be seriously interested in him, but if he signs with another team does he still get the owed money from Toronto? Or is the signing team on the hook for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, oldsox said: Tulo at first hated the trade to Toronto. My understanding back then, based on hearsay (or I just can't remember the source), was that Tulo could not easily get his dogs into Canada. I'm not familiar with dog laws up there these days. I'm not making excuses for him, just sayin'...…. Yeah if he owned pit bulls they're banned in Ontario. I believe Mark Buehrle had the same issues when he got traded there by the Marlins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 1 minute ago, hogan873 said: Forgive my ignorance, and I'm not suggesting or expecting the Sox to be seriously interested in him, but if he signs with another team does he still get the owed money from Toronto? Or is the signing team on the hook for it? The new team gets him for the minimum salary, and Toronto is on the hook for the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 12 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said: Yeah if he owned pit bulls they're banned in Ontario. I believe Mark Buehrle had the same issues when he got traded there by the Marlins. Yep. Buehrle had that issue when he was traded to Miami and then again to Toronto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogan873 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 33 minutes ago, oldsox said: The new team gets him for the minimum salary, and Toronto is on the hook for the rest. Toronto must have no faith in him returning to form. He's still probably worth a look for the minimum by a team in need. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Reading the flattering reports on his workout gave me flashbacks of Tim lincecum reports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrathofhahn Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, oldsox said: Tulo at first hated the trade to Toronto. My understanding back then, based on hearsay (or I just can't remember the source), was that Tulo could not easily get his dogs into Canada. I'm not familiar with dog laws up there these days. I'm not making excuses for him, just sayin'...…. He had a NTC he waived it to go to Tor. He also I believe (not confirmed) had a NTC still which is probably why he was released. It would have been impossible to navigate the money, return, and NTC. It's hard enough for a player like Cano who is still playing well. Edit: As far as his workout goes he still wants to play SS but can't could probably play 3B. Problem is he can't hit. Like I said unless he had some sort of injury at the time that was affecting things I saw him play a bunch of games in 2017 his bat is slow, long, and he guesses to try and speed it up. Even in 2016 I saw much as the same thing. Edited December 19, 2018 by wrathofhahn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 35 minutes ago, wrathofhahn said: He had a NTC he waived it to go to Tor. He also I believe (not confirmed) had a NTC still which is probably why he was released. It would have been impossible to navigate the money, return, and NTC. It's hard enough for a player like Cano who is still playing well. Edit: As far as his workout goes he still wants to play SS but can't could probably play 3B. Problem is he can't hit. Like I said unless he had some sort of injury at the time that was affecting things I saw him play a bunch of games in 2017 his bat is slow, long, and he guesses to try and speed it up. Even in 2016 I saw much as the same thing. Actually, he was tradable with his original contract. He had a clause in there that gave him a $1 Million bonus if traded, which Rockies paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChiSox59 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I'd definitely add him to the mix for $560k or whatever ML min is this season. Why the heck not? That being said, if the reports are true that he basically only wants to play SS, then I doubt we'll get him. He is also a west coast guy, so I bet we see him sign with the A's, Angels or Giants. Or Dodgers, would definitely be a Dodger move, even though there is really no room for him there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: I'd definitely add him to the mix for $560k or whatever ML min is this season. Why the heck not? That being said, if the reports are true that he basically only wants to play SS, then I doubt we'll get him. He is also a west coast guy, so I bet we see him sign with the A's, Angels or Giants. Or Dodgers, would definitely be a Dodger move, even though there is really no room for him there. I can see him go to the A's to play 2B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 2 hours ago, soxfan2014 said: I can see him go to the A's to play 2B. If he goes to A's, I bet Semien moves to 2B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, oldsox said: If he goes to A's, I bet Semien moves to 2B. Yeah definitely possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrathofhahn Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, ChiSox59 said: I'd definitely add him to the mix for $560k or whatever ML min is this season. Why the heck not? That being said, if the reports are true that he basically only wants to play SS, then I doubt we'll get him. He is also a west coast guy, so I bet we see him sign with the A's, Angels or Giants. Or Dodgers, would definitely be a Dodger move, even though there is really no room for him there. He isn't very good even in the article posted he said the main thing he wants right now is everyday at bats. I would prefer all of our existing MI starters over Tulo. Sanchez is better at this point. Maybe he accepts a utility INF role with the cubs but he wasn't going to with the Jays and he won't here. So why bother? Seriously watch some of his at bats last year. He looked completely done. Edited December 19, 2018 by wrathofhahn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just now, wrathofhahn said: He isn't very good even in the article posted he said the main thing he wants right now is everyday at bats. I would prefer all of our existing MI starters over Tulo. Sanchez is better at this point. Maybe he accepts a utility INF role with the cubs but he wasn't going to with the Jays and he won't here. So why bother? First off, Yolmer isn't very good. I'd definitely take a healthy Tulo (which is a big if) as a starter at 3B (if MM ship sails) at the major league minimum over Yolmer. If he doesn't workout, there is literally nothing lost. Yolmer will still be there. $500k is nothing for the Sox. Its worth the extremely minimal risk, and clearly they're at least somewhat interested since someone went to watch his workout. The Jays just wanted to move on. It wasn't due to accepting or not accepting. They have other options and Tulo was just a distraction at this point. Alot of baseball people are also scratching their head at the Jays decision to just cut him loose. Tulo isn't signing with the Sox though. He's going to sign with someone out west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiddleCoastBias Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 With the recent update to the Addison Russell fiasco, I would bet on the Cubs over the field. I can't imagine the Cubs will want to keep Russell around, and a lottery ticket Tulo could spell Baez et al infield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmaranz Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 11 minutes ago, mrichar4 said: With the recent update to the Addison Russell fiasco, I would bet on the Cubs over the field. I can't imagine the Cubs will want to keep Russell around, and a lottery ticket Tulo could spell Baez et al infield. They just signed Descalso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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