The trade buzz around Troy Tulowitzki amped up when the disgruntled Colorado Rockies shortstop — who has made no secret of his admiration for Derek Jeter — made a very public drop-in at Yankee Stadium last month … as a fan.
But this won’t help his chances of succeeding the Captain.
Tulowitzki will have surgery on his left hip Friday in Vail, Colorado, and miss the rest of the season, the Rockies said Wednesday.
Tulowitzki, whose .340 batting average remains tops in the big leagues, has a torn labrum in his hip.
He was placed on the 15-day disabled list on July 22, three days after he was hurt running out a grounder at Pittsburgh.
While it was Tulowitzki’s first trip to the DL this season, he had taken days off to rest his chronically tight legs. The leg issues date to 2008 when he tore the left quadriceps tendon.
With AP