After all the spring training hubbub over Jay Bruce and Mike Tauchman, both players ended up making the Opening Day roster. Now, both players are gone from the team before April is even over. Bruce retired from baseball on April 16th, and Tauchman is on his way out of town, too.
In a bit of a surprising move announced half an hour before the first pitch of Tuesday night’s game against the Orioles, the Yankees traded Tauchman to the San Francisco Giants. In return, they acquired lefty reliever Wandy Peralta and a player to be named later.