Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Michael Tauchman was born on December 3, 1990, in Palatine, Illinois. He is an outfielder in the MLB.

Tauchman attended William Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois, where he played baseball, and was also the quarterback and safety for the football team. He led a second half comeback against future NFL quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo in a game during his senior year. He enrolled at Bradley University and played college baseball for the Bradley Braves. In 2013, his senior year, he won the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Player of the Year Award.

The Colorado Rockies selected Mike Tauchman in the 10th round of the 2013 MLB draft. Tauchman hit one home run in Minor League Baseball through the 2016 season, but hit 16 in 2017. The Rockies called Tauchman up to the majors for the first time on June 27, 2017,He had a .222 batting average in 31 games for the Rockies in 2017

Tauchman was named Pacific Coast League Player of Week for the period of May 14–20, 2018. During that week Tauchman batted .417, scored eight runs, five home runs, eight RBI, and 27 total bases. tauchman played two multi-homer games during week and had a slugging percentage of 1.125. He also played in 21 major league games in 2018, but batted .094

On March 23, 2019, the Rockies traded Mike Tauchman to the New York Yankees in exchange for Phil Diehl. He made the Yankees' Opening Day roster.