On March 23, the Yankees traded left-handed pitcher Phillip Diehl to Colorado for outfielder . Tauchman was a two-sport athlete in high school, quarterbacking the football team in addition to playing baseball. He was drafted in 2013 in the 10th round by the Rockies and was called up four years later. The trade essentially bumped Tyler Wade from making the Opening Day roster, a surprise to many. So what do the Yankees see in the 28-year-old outfielder with only 69 big league plate appearances to his name?
An American League scout described Tauchman as having “plus speed and solid plate discipline with gap power.