Lately, everything is going well for the Yankees even without Bird and a couple of other key contributors. There’s so much depth throughout the organization that the Yanks have been able to replace guys like Bird and Brandon Drury in the lineup without seeing any kind of dip in production.
The return of Drury is another “good” problem to have for manager Aaron Boone but unlike Bird, there is a strong chance that he won’t regain his starting job at third base. That should stay in the hands of rookie Miguel Andujar and rightfully so.