Wednesday afternoon, the Jays officially moved Troy Tulowitzki to the 60 day DL, ending his 2017 season. Initially diagnosed with a right ankle sprain, a subsequent MRI later revealed he has also sustained ligament damage. You may remember that there was some concern at the time the Jays traded for Tulo regarding his left leg being injury prone and how it may hold up to the infamous Rogers Centre turf. Since joining the Jays Tulo has missed time for injuries to his right quadricep, right hamstring and now, right ankle.

Tulo played 1048 games with the Rockies, with a .299 batting average and a .371 on base percentage. During this time, 9.87% of his total plate appearances, and 11.18% of his registered at bats ended with an extra base hit. During his 238 game career with the Jays, he holds a .250 batting average and a .313 on base percentage, while 7.59% of his plate appearances and 8.37% of his at bats have led to an extra base hit. These numbers may not seem like much but they make a world of difference: in Colorado, Tulo had an overall WAR rating of 39.1, an average of 5.44 per full season played, injuries or not. As a Jay Tulo has an overall WAR of 4.8, or 1.75 per full season played. He’s worth nearly 4 team wins less per year than he was in Colorado.

Time to give up on him? Probably not. At times, he has shown flashes of swinging a professional bat, and has been solid defensively. He was a large part of the success in 2015 and a lesser part of the lesser amount of success in 2016. However, the injuries are way beyond alarming at this point. I’m not sure why anyone would think anything will be different moving forward. The Jays are having yet another record-setting injury year, prompting at least this fellow to wonder, again, how about some real grass to play on?

The Jays picked up a 4-2 win last night against the Yankees thanks to two 2 run shots off Donaldson’s rain-bringer to kick off the 10 game homestand. 4.5 games back of the wildcard, with only 7 teams to leap to capture the last spot. Currently holding open-to-the-public auditions for spot starters. Smells like playoffs though, right?

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