PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — If Greg Bird’s visit to Dr. Martin O’Malley on Monday in Manhattan results in a diagnosis that forces the first baseman to miss more than a few days, the Yankees believe they have enough depth to compensate for the loss.
However, they have their fingers firmly crossed that O’Malley finds nothing more than the inflammation that surfaced on Saturday’s CT scan and MRI.
“He’ll see the doctor that performed the surgery on him [last July]. We’ll know more at that point. At least a little bit optimistic, based on the pictures, but [Monday] should tell us a lot as far as what it is time-wise,” Aaron Boone said before the Yankees’ final exhibition game in Florida on Sunday, an 11-1 loss to the Rays.