Jun 27, 2016
Troy Tulowitzki Timeline with Blue Jays
As Troy Tulowitzki prepares to return to Colorado for a three-game series against the Rockies TSN.ca presents a timeline of key events in Tulo's tenure with the Blue Jays.
TSN.ca Staff
As Troy Tulowitzki prepares to return to Colorado for a three-game series against the Rockies TSN.ca presents a timeline of key events in Tulo's stint with the Blue Jays.
July 27, 2015 - Troy Tulowitzki gets pulled from the game in the bottom of the ninth against the Cubs and told he has been traded to the Toronto Blue Jays along with reliever LaTroy Hawkins for Jose Reyes, Miguel Castro and a pair of prospects.
July 29th, 2015 - Tulo plays his first game with the Blue Jays and hits a two-run home run in his second at-bat going 3-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored while batting lead-off.
September 12, 2015 - Tulo leaves the game in the third inning with a cracked shoulder blade, after colliding with Kevin Pillar in shallow CF; he would miss 18 games.
October 2, 2015 - Tulowitzki returns to the line-up batting seventh where he goes 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored.
Oct 19, 2015 - Tulo hits a three-run home run in Game 3 of the ALCS against the Royals and would later be ejected for arguing ball and strikes. He was the first player to be ejected from a playoff game since Dwight Gooden in 1998.
October 23, 2015 - Tulo finishes 0-for-4 in Game 6 of the ALCS against the Kansas City Royals and the Jays lose the game 4-3 and the series. Tulo hit just .205 in the playoffs, although he had 11 RBIs in 11 games.
April 3, 2016 - On opening day of the 2016 season Tulo hits a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning that proved to be the difference as the Jays topped the Rays 5-3.
April 30, 2016 - Tulo is hitless in his previous 13 at-bats and finishes the month of April with a paltry .169 batting average.
May 13, 2016 - Tulowitzki hits his 200th career home run.
May 20, 2016 - Tulo's batting average crests the mendoza line (.200) for the first time since opening day, 42 games into the season. Tulo was a career .299 hitter in Colorado.
May 24, 2016 - Tulo leaves the game after an awkward slide into second base with right quad tightness. He would play in only one of the next 23 games.
June 18, 2016 - Tulowitzki is activated from the DL and in his first game back he finished 0-for-4.