Greg Bird to Have Shoulder Surgery

[Jaypers]

Will miss the entire season, per Joel Sherman.

Sorry Yanks fans, especially [MENTION=1897]jcmint[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5416]D-Lite[/MENTION], to be the bearer of such news.

 

[psj]

Oh, that really sucks. Big time. Was excited to watch him this year

 

[deadman31]

That's awful.

 

[AnthonyCorona]

DAMN IT!!! I was so excited about him

 

[bmp1971]

What's wrong with the shoulder?

 

[joey12508]

What's wrong with the shoulder?

Torn labrum not good.


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[bmp1971]

Torn labrum not good.


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Dear God. Awful. I wonder if he used to pitch? Not common to burn that out as a first baseman.

 

[WCTYSON]

Torn labrum not good.

The Yankees said Monday that Bird's torn labrum will be repaired by Dr. David Altchek at The Hospital for Special Surgery. The team said the injury is a reoccurrence of one originally sustained last May.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...greg-bird-suffers-shoulder-injury-miss-season

 

[Yankee Jason]

Dammitttttttt

 

[bmp1971]

Anyone know if he used to pitch?

I also wonder if anyone knows what triggered the tear in May of 2015?

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[Enfuego79]

WTH!?! Curse you Birdman!!!

 

[Austin]

Teixeira still has a year left on his contract, so hopefully he can stay healthy. He hit 31 homers in only 111 games last season so he's still got it. The Yankees will miss Bird as a backup for when Tex eventually gets hurt, but it's not like New York is losing their starting first baseman.

And I certainly wouldn't be investing in Bird now, since his shoulder problems are recurring and never healed, and could really sap his power down the line.

 

[u2me57]

Bad break for the Yankees. Now Tex has got to stay healthy for the whole year. Yankees might want to consider picking up Morneau.

 

[WCTYSON]

Anyone know if he used to pitch?

He was a catcher in HS.

 

[bmp1971]

He was a catcher in HS.

Catchers do a lot of throwing, so it makes sense it could tear down.

 

[AnthonyCorona]

Bad break for the Yankees. Now Tex has got to stay healthy for the whole year. Yankees might want to consider picking up Morneau.

Or Pedro Alvarez

 

[joey12508]

His shoulder was checked by two different doctors in october, who's recomendation was no surgery. Hope the yankees get better advise in the future.