Yankees fans expressed a lot of confusion when the team acquired Mike Tauchman and optioned Tyler Wade after a strong spring training performance. The Yankees sent left-handed relief pitcher Phillip Diehl to the Rockies in exchange for Tauchman, a 28-year-old outfielder with 52 games of MLB experience under his belt. It seemed like a strange decision to block Wade’s path to the major league roster with an unknown career minor leaguer, but Tauchman wasn’t unknown to the Yankees’ front office. In fact, he has more upside than your typical emergency outfield replacement.
The upside of Yankees outfielder Mike Tauchman
