Greg Bird will likely miss the rest of the 2017 season as he opted for ankle surgery to fix his injury.
Bird opted for surgery after several other rehabilitation efforts — a cortisone shot on June 20 and a Novocaine injection last Thursday, among others — didn’t relieve the pain nor help solve the lingering issue.
It’s not clear from the article what the surgeon will do. I would say, at this point, that Bird did not deserve the criticism he received.
Going to remove the bone that is causing the problem. Apparently its serves no function and is not present in most people but the joint got irritated from the trauma of the HBP. They say 6 weeks so he could be back in September