GREG BIRD TAKES FLIGHT WITH THE ROCKIES

 Hey... good for Greg Bird.

Hey, it looks like Bird has latched onto the Colorado Rockies. But let me just say, this poor guy has just had a string of bad luck over the last few years hasn't he? Read this from Fangraphs:

"...the Rockies announced on Thursday that they’ve signed Bird to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Bird, who’s still just 28 years old, is coming off a more miserable 2020 than most of us. Bad luck in the injury department, a constant throughout his major league career, continued to dog him to the point that he didn’t take a single competitive plate appearance for either of the two organizations with whom he signed minor league deals. 

Cast adrift by the Yankees in November 2019 — we’ll get to the saga that led there — he initially signed with the Rangers last February, and after getting called up from the alternate training site in late July, before he could play a single game, he strained his right calf. After a 10-day stint on the Injured List, he was designated for assignment and elected free agency. Upon signing with the Phillies in mid-September, he came up positive for COVID-19 during his intake testing, and never even made it to the alternate site."

Look, I hope Bird can turn it around. He is still young and has a lot of offer. He just needs some consistency... in a good way, not the bad way.

Good luck kid, go get'um!