Yankees' Boone: Tulowitzki at home evaluating 'everything'

Troy Tulowitzki's future with the New York Yankees - and maybe in baseball - is cloudier than ever.

The former All-Star shortstop is not with the Yankees right now, having returned home earlier this week. At the time, manager Aaron Boone told The Associated Press that Tulowitzki's latest injury - a left calf strain - was all but healed, and he left the team to "get over that hump and kind of push through the finish line with getting exactly right."

On Saturday, the story took a different turn when Boone revealed to reporters that Tulowitzki is now at home evaluating "everything," according to ESPN's Coley Harvey.

By "everything," Boone was referring to Tulowitzki's standing within the Yankees' organization as well as his health. He's conferring with his family and agent during this time to decide how he'd like to move forward, according to James Wagner of the New York Times.

After missing all of 2018 due to bone spurs in both heels and then being released by the Toronto Blue Jays - who chose to eat the $38 million left on his contract in the process - Tulowitzki resurfaced with the Yankees in March and broke camp as their Opening Day shortstop. But he played just five games in pinstripes and hit .182/.308/.545 with a homer and four strikeouts before sustaining the calf injury. His most recent game action of any kind came on May 1 in a rehab appearance at High-A Tampa.

The 34-year-old was moved to the 60-day injured list on Friday to open a roster spot for regular shortstop Didi Gregorius.

Since he got hurt, the Yankees have stumbled into a glut of infielders, and that might harm Tulowitzki's chances of finding a job in the Bronx. In addition to DJ LeMahieu's red-hot bat and the return of Gregorius, Gio Urshela's shocking emergence has made it difficult for the Yankees to send him down.

Although he was taking reps at the hot corner earlier this month, Tulowitzki's never played anywhere but shortstop as a professional and has resisted calls to move off his natural position in the past.