WASHINGTON — Mike Tauchman needed to face facts: Getting traded to the meant the outfielder had to get rid of the beard he’s worn for years.
It was a hairy situation, because he was on the road and had a trimmer but no razor.
So Tauchman said he went out in search of a pharmacy and bought the right tool the night before the Yankees’ scheduled exhibition finale Monday at the . That allowed him to abide by the team policy that bars Yankees players from wearing facial hair other than mustaches, except for religious reasons.
The 28-year-old Tauchman made it by a whisker, arriving clean shaven at the visiting clubhouse at Nationals Park.
His beard was gone, but he did carry one remnant from his 52-game career with Colorado since his major league debut in 2017, a purple-and-black Rockies bag.
The Yankees got him in exchange for left-hander Phillip Diehl.
