PT TODAY: Yankees' depth hurting from Bird injury
Feb 8 2016
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| American League | National League | |
| Yankees | Greg Bird's season over | |
| New York Yankees 1B Greg Bird (shoulder) will miss all of the 2016 season, as he needs surgery to fix a torn labrum in his shoulder Tuesday, Feb. 2. Source: New York Post - Joel Sherman | |
| BHQ take: Bird's labrum tear reportedly occurred in May 2015, prior to his August 2015 callup and the 11 HR he swatted in 157 major league AB. That strong debut had placed him squarely in the Plan B role for the Yankees at 1B, behind Mark Teixeira and his F Health Grade. As noted in the Baseball Forecaster, Teixeira's skills rebounded across the board in 2015, but with less than 900 AB in... |
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