Jake Timothy Bird plays baseball professionally under the name Jake Bird. Bird plays as a relief pitcher for the Major League Baseball Colorado Rockies.
Bird was born on December 4, 1997, in Valencia, California. He finished his high school career at West Ranch High School in Stevenson Ranch, California.
He decided to attend UCLA in his final year of high school, where he pitched to a 1.55 ERA over 58 innings. After getting passed over for the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at UCLA.
Bird made his professional debut with Grand Junction Rockies of the Rookie-level Pioneer League finishing 4-1 with a 3.38 ERA over 26+2/3 innings pitched in relief.
He was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the fifth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. After the season the Rockies then offered him a deal.
He was named an All-Star in 2019 while pitching for the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League, going 7–2 with a 3.62 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 97 innings.
He began the 2021 season with the Hartford Yard Goats of the Double-A Northeast, then in early June was sent to the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Triple-A West.
When it comes to the personal life of Jake Bird, he is currently single and not dating anyone as of 2022. There has not been any information about his past relationships either.