Greg Bird won’t be the Yankees’ answer at first base.
With Luke Voit potentially out for six weeks with a sports hernia, the Yankees have an opening at first base. DJ LeMahieu, who would seemingly fill in at the position in his absence, has missed the last two games with a tight groin. Edwin Encarnacion will make his ninth start at first base against the Diamondbacks on Wednesday, with a majority of his starts coming at DH.
Bird, who has played 186 games for the Yankees at first base and DH, would have given the Yankees another option, but he is not even doing baseball activities, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday.