Yet, sounds like there will no Bird Singing this year neither....
(a torn labrum is hell to recover from)
This say's it all, IMO, tho' I've long hoped for a different fate for Tex:
TAMPA, Fla. -- Mark Teixeria has not been able to play a full season in five years, and his next birthday, on April 11, will be No. 36. But he did have a good season in 2015 before it ended abruptly in August due to a broken leg suffered when he fouled a ball off his shin.