The New York Yankees are known to be seeking bullpen help.<\/p>\n
And while the line with the Colorado Rockies is still open, why not ask for one of their relievers?<\/p>\n
The Athletic’s Brendan Kuty reports that the Yanks are interested in right-handed set up man Jake Bird.<\/p>\n
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Bird is in his fourth MLB season, by far his best. He has struck out 10.5 batters per nine innings, and has an ERA just about 4.<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Dodgers sign Missouri football’s QB to contract<\/p>\n He’s not the highest-profile Rockies reliever. That’s Seth Halvorsen, who throws in the low-100s.<\/p>\n But Halvorsen has a lot of club control remaining and is a guy Colorado may hold onto.<\/p>\n Bird is moveable, and he wouldn’t cost a huge prospect haul from the Yankees.<\/p>\n It’s the time of year when a ton of bullpen arms are about to change teams. Bird may be coming to the Yanks.<\/p>\n MORE MLB NEWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New York isn’t done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":71739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[286,2697,44,40,2698,2699],"class_list":["post-71738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-jake-bird","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-seth-halvorsen","tag-yanks"],"yoast_head":"\n