Yankees fans are salivating at the prospect of seeing Greg Bird and Gary Sanchez hit in the same order. And how could they not? Both men came up and gave Yankees Universe plenty to be excited about, and that has intensified this spring.
We watched Bird come up in 2015 and prove he deserves a longer look. He slashed .261/.343/.529 with 11 home runs in his first 46 games. Bird only got 41 plate appearances, because even as a rookie he was able to work 19 walks, but got 20 extra-base hits out of them: 9 doubles to go with the homers.