Rockies right-hander Jake Bird has been terrific in the role of the bullpen workhorse over the first month-and-a-half of the season.
PITTSBURGH — Daniel Bard has seen a lot of pitchers come and go since he first stepped onto the big-league stage 14 years ago.
And Bird, like the Rockies, got off to a painfully slow start this season. He missed a big chunk of spring training with a strained left oblique and posted an 11.12 ERA over his first five regular-season appearances. “I have been able to work the zone and put guys in uncomfortable counts,” Bird said. “I’m not trying to be perfect to specific areas, but I’ve been able to get my sinker down, for the most part.
“Now he’s caught up and he’s pitched great,” Black said. “You look at Jake’s history. He was a starter in college and he started some in the minors, too, so we felt he was a guy who was very capable of giving us more than one inning if we needed it.
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