 He won the Kevin Lawn Award as the Yankees Minor League Player of the Year.In 2014, Bird began the season with the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, where he batted .277 with seven home runs and 32 runs batted in before he was promoted tor the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League, where he batted for a .253/.379/.558 triple slash to go along with seven homers and 11 RBI to create a full season equaling .271/.376/.472 slash line, 14 homers, and 43 RBI in 102 games.After the season, the Yankees assigned Bird to the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League (AFL).