The New York Yankees were aggressive in making moves ahead of the MLB trade deadline last Thursday, but they have already demoted one of the players that

In the deal with Colorado, the Yankees sent left-handed pitching prospect Ben Shields. It was a nightmarish Yankees debut for Bird on Friday night in Miami, when he was part of the new trio of relievers,

Gil stopped a bullpen session on Feb. 28 because of tightness in his pitching shoulder, and an MRI later revealed the lat strain. He was shut down from throwing for at least six weeks, and at the time the Yankees said he would not return until June at the earliest.

Luis Gil waited several long months to return to the mound. His start on Sunday hardly went the way he would have hoped. The Yankees’ young right-hander lasted just 3 1/3 innings after allowing five hits and five runs in a 7-3 loss to the Marlins that marked the first Miami sweep of New York in franchise history.