Bird attended Herbert Hoover High School in Elkview, West Virginia, where he played basketball and baseball.
As a senior in 2013, he was named the West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year after batting .476 while also compiling a 1.08 ERA on the mound.
That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks, with whom he earned all-league honors.
[7][8][9] Bird signed with Miami, making his professional debut with the Batavia Muckdogs of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, with whom he hit .237 with 18 RBIs and 16 stolen bases over 58 games.
[12] In 2019, he began the year with Jupiter before he was promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp of the Class AA Southern League after two games.