Five days after acquiring Jake Bird from the Colorado Rockies, the New York Yankees have optioned the right-hander to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Bird has allowed seven runs (six earned) in his first two innings with New York,

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/rockies as Rockies Capitalized on Trading Jake Bird to Yankees Despite Some Red Flags. One of the most popular Colorado Rockies players ahead of the MLB trade deadline on the rumor mill was relief pitcher Jake Bird.

Before Thursday’s trade deadline closed, Colorado traded Bird to the Bronx for second baseman Roc Riggio and left-hander Ben Shields. Riggio was the Yankees’ No. 10 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, and Shields was their No. 29 prospect.