Troy Tulowitzki was the first major trade chip to be made this week – and he went to Toronto, a team within the Baltimore Orioles’ division. So of course the question being asked today in Birdland is how is this impacting the O’s? And quite frankly, the answer is that we just don’t know yet. That might sound a bit simplistic, but work with me.
Toronto sent Jose Reyes to Colorado (along with some prospects, and I’ll get into that later). So the teams effectively switched shortstops. Obviously if you disregard the prospects, Toronto got the better end of the deal.