Bird reported soreness during batting practice before a matchup with the Braves and following his late scratch he underwent an MRI which revealed inflammation in his right foot. The Yankees announced he would head back north to New York to be evaluated by a foot specialist on Monday.
If you remember it was almost a year ago last spring when on March 30th he fouled a ball off his right ankle just three days before the Yankees opened the season. That injury contributed to a terrible April for Bird and eventually sidelined and limited him to only 48 games the entire season.