Yankees’ Greg Bird To Miss 2016 Season

NEW YORK (AP) Yankees first base prospect Greg Bird will have right shoulder surgery Tuesday and will miss the entire 2016 season.

New York said Monday that Bird's 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.

Bird, who turned 23 in November, made his big league debut on Aug.13 and took over at first base when Mark Teixeira got hurt. Bird hit .261 with 11 homers, 31 RBIs and nine doubles in 157 at-bats
and had been viewed as protection against injuries to the oft-hurt Teixeira, who is entering the final season of his contract.