When the New York Yankees made a deadline trade with the Colorado Rockies for relief pitcher Jake Bird, they likely didn't expect to send him to the minors immediately. New York had struggled with ...

When the Yankees acquired Jake Bird from the Colorado Rockies at the 2025 trade deadline, the move was met with a collective shrug from a fanbase hoping for a splashier name. The initial returns did ...

Think back to 2023 when Jake Bird had a remarkable season that saw him post a 0.9 rWAR and earned him the ninth place in Ranking the Rockies. In terms of relievers, he was behind only Justin Lawrence.

Bird signed a one-year contract with the Yankees to avoid arbitration Thursday. The official terms of the deal haven't been announced, but this was Bird's first year of arbitration eligibility. The ...