In the Yankees’ ongoing game of injury survivor, Greg Bird — of all people — just might be their healthiest player.
Such is the bizarro nature of the season to date that the Yankees have become the Mets with near relentless injuries, situations initially portrayed as not that bad actually being much worse and setbacks for those already sidelined.
The Yankees have paraded to the injury list more frequently than the win column so far in 2019 and the procession continued Friday when Gary Sanchez — who Aaron Boone initially forecasted would avoid an IL stint — was placed on the IL with a left calf strain.