Colorado Rockies call up Mike Tauchman, change David Dahl's status

Colorado Rockies outfielder Mike Tacuhman will make his major league debut in the coming days as his contract was selected by the club and he was subsequently called up.

Additionally, RHP Jairo Díaz has been optioned to AAA and OF David Dahl has been transferred to the 60-Day DL (stress reaction in ribcage). pic.twitter.com/OBLwWrJRpu

— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) June 27, 2017

While David Dahl being moved to the 60-day DL may seem like big news he has already missed enough time where he would be eligible to be activated as soon as he is healthy. The bigger news is that Dahl is not close to being healthy.

Tauchman spent the season in Triple-A where he has hit .313/.377/.529 in 70 games. The left-handed outfielder was a 10th round of the 2013 MLB Draft out of Bradley University. He joined the club in San Francisco and will be the club’s fourth outfielder.

Jairo Díaz was called up Monday in a variety of roster moves made then when the Rockies acquired Zac Rosscup from the Cubs, reinstated RHP Chad Qualls from 10-day DL and placed LHP Tyler Anderson and OF Carlos González on 10-day DL.

Díaz made his first appearance in the majors on Monday since his Tommy John surgery and it didn’t go too well.

The Rockies 40-man roster became full yesterday and clubs are not allowed to use the 60-Day DL when the 40-man roster is full, so the timing of the Dahl move makes sense. As for the 25-man roster, it now has 13 pitchers and 12 batters once again.