So Aroldis Chapman could be back next week and Yankees first
baseman of the now and of the future may not be far behind him. Bird has played
in a total of six rehab games with the Single-A Tampa Yankees as of Tuesday and
has moved his rehab to Triple-A Scranton leaving him one step away from the
Bronx. Bird is expected to be in the lineup tonight when the RailRiders take on
Lehigh Valley, weather permitting of course.
Bird has yet to play nine innings in the field and has yet
to play in back-to-back games according to an interview done by Joe Girardi
after the Yankees 5-4 loss to Boston on Tuesday night so the Yankees first
baseman will have to clear those two hurdles before thinking about a return to
the Bronx. Presumably you would have to think those two milestones will come
while the lefty is in Triple-A.
Bird has struggled ever since fouling a ball off of his foot
back in spring training so hopefully taking the time to let it rest and heal on
the disabled list can be beneficial to Bird. Bird will undoubtedly have some
rust to knock off once he returns but once he does we could be in for a true
show at the plate in the Bronx with Bird, Gary Sanchez and Aaron Judge.
I will end this by saying that, and this hurts coming from
me because I have been one of the biggest Brian Cashman apologists in the
world, but Brian Cashman is an idiot. Cashman was quoted as saying the
following when asked about the possibility of bringing up Tyler Austin from
Triple-A when he was activated off the disabled list this week:
“We talked about whether he should go here or go there, but
having him and Carter on the same team doesn’t make sense.”
Yeah, and water is wet and the sky is blue. Of course it
doesn’t make sense dummy that is why you get rid of Chris Carter. Designate him
for assignment! Ugh. Have a great day everyone.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)