On Tuesday morning, the Yankees looked in the mirror and completed some semi-embarrassing dirty work, demoting trade deadline acquisition Jake Bird to Triple-A following the walk-off homer he surrendered to Josh Jung in extras to kick off the Rangers series.
When Bird was acquired ... five days ago, he was thought of as an upside play and the third biggest bullpen addition of the Yankees' deadline. Two implosions later, and the Bombers realized they had more work to do (quickly) and preferred Brent Headrick, the lefty. Mark Leiter Jr. and his impressive K rate/unimpressive other numbers will be returning from the injured list on Tuesday night, directly replacing him.