The Bird is Back!
One of the Yankees questions heading into Spring Training seems to have been answered after just a week of games. 1st baseman Greg Bird, who missed all of 2016 after shoulder surgery, seems to have recaptured the form that caught everyone's attention the year before. Thursday night, he belted his third Grapefruit League homer; this one a bomb that soared out of Steinbrenner Field.
Making his debut in 2015 after Mark Teixeira went down with a broken leg, the big lefty looked totally at home, hitting 11 home runs as the Yanks went on to earn a wild card. But after the season-long layoff, and an underwhelming performance in the Arizona Fall League, it was reasonable to wonder if he's be ready to step back in. As of now, there's a lot less doubt.
Making his debut in 2015 after Mark Teixeira went down with a broken leg, the big lefty looked totally at home, hitting 11 home runs as the Yanks went on to earn a wild card. But after the season-long layoff, and an underwhelming performance in the Arizona Fall League, it was reasonable to wonder if he's be ready to step back in. As of now, there's a lot less doubt.
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