Greg Bird Biography
Greg Bird (baseball) Full name Gregory Paul Bird is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Bird attended Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado, where he played for the baseball team as a catcher and formed a battery with pitcher Kevin Gausman. Bird was named the Colorado Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year as a senior.He committed to attend the University of Arkansas to play college baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks.The New York Yankees drafted Bird in the fifth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, receiving a $1.1 million signing bonus.In 2011, Bird made his debut for the Golf Coast Yankees. Due to the severe injuries, he played only 28 games in 2012.
Birds begin 2013 season with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League.At the end of 2013, Bird bagged the Kevin Lawn Award as the Yankees Minor League Player of the Year.In 2014, Bird played for the Tampa Yankees and Scottsdale Scorpions.On August 13, 2015, Yankees was promoted to the major leagues. On August 15, he had his first single off of against the Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher LaTroy Hawkins.
On August 19, Bird hit his first two MLB home runs against the Minnesota Twins.In the 2015-16 season, Bird suffered a shoulder injury. However, he was properly diagnosed and underwent successful surgery, and ruled out for the entire 2016 season.
In spring 2017, Bird showed full recovery and hit eight home runs against the Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper.In July 2017, Bird diagnosed with the os trigonum in his right foot.
Greg Bird Age
Born on 9th November 1992 Greg is 26 years of age as of 2018.
Greg Bird Wife
Greg Bird’s wife is called Becky.
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Greg Bird Yankees/Greg Bird New York Yankees
Bird was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.[5] Bird signed with the Yankees, receiving a $1.1 million signing bonus and bypassing his commitment to Arkansas. He was drafted as a catcher but was moved to first base.
Bird made his professional debut for the Gulf Coast Yankees in 2011.In 2014, Bird began the season with the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, where he batted .277 with seven home runs and 32 runs batted in before he was promoted tor the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League, where he batted for a .253/.379/.558 triple slash to go along with 7 homers and 11 RBI to create a full season equaling .271/.376/.472 slash line, 14 homers, and 43 RBI in 102 games.On September 22, Bird hit a game winning three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the top of the tenth inning. He finished the season with a .261 batting average and a .343 on-base percentage. In 46 games and 157 at-bats, Bird hit 11 home runs with 31 RBIs.
Greg Bird Injury/Greg Bird Injury Update
On March 26, 2018, it was revealed that Bird would undergo ankle surgery, ruling him out for six to eight weeks. He underwent successful surgery the next day on March 27, and it was revealed to be a small bone spur. A coin-sized calcium deposit was also removed from the ankle, and this was the second time Bird had the surgery since a problematic separate bone was removed from the ankle the previous summer. Bird returned from his ankle surgery on May 26, 2018.
Greg Bird Salary
On Jan 10,2019 Yankees agree to $1.2 million, 1-year contract.
Greg Bird Minor League Stats
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Greg Bird News/Greg Bird Latest News
The Greg Bird boos are here already — and he shut them up
After another spring training in which Greg Bird tantalized the Yankees with glimpses of his power and ability to get on base, the first baseman got the start on Thursday and quickly seemed to have stepped back into a nightmare.
Bird whiffed in each of his first three at-bats, with a smattering of boos growing slightly louder with each strikeout.
And it didn’t help that Bird’s lunging attempt to catch an errant throw from third baseman Miguel Andujar ended with him barely getting a glove on the ball. The error was charged to Andujar, but it was another mark against Bird.
So his homer to right-center on an 0-2 pitch from left-hander Paul Fry to lead off the bottom of the eighth was more meaningful than most blasts that come in a fairly lopsided game.
“Talk about salvaging,” manager Aaron Boone said after the 7-2 win over Baltimore on a chilly day in The Bronx.
“Two strikes there in his last at-bat,” Boone said. “What I loved is he didn’t budge. I felt like he got rung up [on a called third strike] the time before on a pitch that maybe wasn’t on the plate. Then he falls behind a lefty 0-2. His body language and approach seemed unfazed. He took advantage of a mistake and gave us a nice cushion run.”
Told of Boone’s thoughts about his “even-keeled approach,” Bird said it’s come with experience dealing with struggles.
“If there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that’s what you’ve got to be,” Bird said. “You’ve just got to stay that way.”
As he watched fellow first baseman Luke Voit pick up where he left off last season by homering and reaching base all four times he got to the plate, Bird knows he has to produce to stay on the field.
Bird stranded runners in the first and fifth innings, so he was relieved when he ended on a strong note.
“It was great,” Bird said of the home run. “I don’t really have words.”
He added he trusted in his ability and his work despite the early results.
“I didn’t get it done early a couple of times,” Bird said. “You’ve got to bounce back and contribute a little bit. It was nice.”
Boone hit Bird seventh in the lineup, between Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres, as he tried to split up a right-handed-heavy lineup that featured just one other lefty hitter, Brett Gardner.
The Orioles are slated to start two more right-handers in the series, which could get Bird another start at first.
“I really liked the way he dealt with everything on Opening Day,” Boone said. “Shoot, I’ve been there. You want to do something so bad. It’s hard to stay disciplined and he did. He stayed with his approach and got rewarded for it.”
And on Thursday, at least, so did the Yankees.
Greg Bird Stats
Career stats
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Year
|
Team
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GP
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AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
HR
|
Avg
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2018
|
 Yankees
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82
|
272
|
23
|
54
|
38
|
30
|
78
|
11
|
.199
|
|
2017
|
Yankees
|
48
|
147
|
20
|
28
|
28
|
19
|
42
|
9
|
.190
|
|
2015
|
Yankees
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46
|
157
|
26
|
41
|
31
|
19
|
53
|
11
|
.261
|
|
Career
|
177
|
576
|
69
|
123
|
97
|
68
|
173
|
31
|
.214
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