 His performance was hampered due to an injury he sustained after fouling a ball of his foot at the end of Spring Training, batting .100 in 19 games.In July, Bird was diagnosed with an injury to the os trigonum in his right foot; he would have surgery to remove the bone.On August 26, Bird was activated of the 60-day DL after missing 103 games and went 1-for-2 with two walks in a game that afternoon.