Greg Bird, Jacoby Ellsbury Out In The Bronx

Two players you won’t hear about when the 2020 season begins for the team that wears pinstripes are Greg Bird and Jacoby Ellsbury.

Jacoby Ellsbury’s time with the Yankees has officially ended, as the club released the oft-injured outfielder ahead of Wednesday’s 8 p.m. ET deadline to set their 40-man roster in advance of the upcoming Rule 5 Draft. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/jacoby-ellsbury-released-greg-bird-designated

The decision to release the 36-year-old Ellsbury came as part of a flurry of other moves. The Yanks also designated first baseman Greg Bird. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/jacoby-ellsbury-released-greg-bird-designated

Ellsbury has not played since a pinch-running appearance in Game 4 of the 2017 American League Championship Series due to a variety of injuries stemming from arthroscopic surgery to repair his left hip in August 2018. He spent most of 2019 rehabbing at the Yankees’ Minor League complex in Tampa, Fla. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/jacoby-ellsbury-released-greg-bird-designated