Marlins' Corey Bird: Contract selected by Marlins

Bird had his contract selected by the Marlins on Wednesday, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.

The 25-year-old will receive his first opportunity in the majors after Starling Marte was traded to the Athletics on Wednesday. Bird appeared in 62 games for Triple-A Jacksonville this year and has a .267/.359/.441 slash line with six homers, 20 RBI, 36 runs and 11 stolen bases.