If you’re still a Greg Bird fan at this point, I tip my hat to you and your tenacity. For the uninitiated, it’s simply been too long since Bird was a credible big leaguer for a semi-extended period of time (2015), and even his last gasp of glory (his homer off of Andrew Miller in Game Three of the 2017 ALDS) seems like a distant memory.
Now, Bird has landed on the injured list yet again with a left plantar fascia tear, after bursting out of the gate with a .171/.293/.257 line (54 wRC+) over 41 plate appearances.