Yankees first baseman Greg Bird is having, by any measure, a bad season.
Bird has hit .211 with nine home runs and 29 RBI. Entering Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Rays at Yankee Stadium, in which he went 0-for-4, his .710 OPS was No. 32 among those at his position with at least 200 plate appearances.
Still, you shouldn't give up on him just yet.
Here are a quick three reasons why:
1.) The Yankees are pretty good at this: It's rare the Yankees miss on a prospect they have talked up as much as they have Bird.