TAMPA — Troy Tulowitzki hasn’t played in a game since July 28, 2017. So while the Yankees remain confident the 34-year-old can withstand the rigors of being their shortstop until Didi Gregorius comes back from Tommy John surgery, they expect to bring him along slowly.
“We feel like he’s in a good place and over some of the injuries that really plagued him over the last year and a half, two years,’’ Aaron Boone said during his spring-training opening press conference at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Wednesday. “We’ll try to be vigilant as far as how his schedule goes and obviously communicating with him.