The New York Yankees are officially done with Jacoby Ellsbury. 

The team on Wednesday released the 36-year-old All-Star center fielder, who still has $26 million remaining on his seven-year, $153 million deal. The Yankees also released oft-injured first baseman Greg Bird this week.

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Ellsbury, who was often injured throughout his career, last played in 2017 and spent four seasons with the Bronx Bombers. According to ESPN, the Yankees cut the outfielder to clear a spot on their 40-man roster, since the team added seven players to shield themselves against the upcoming Rule 5 draft. Ellsbury is till owed roughly $21 million for next season — in addition to a $5 million buyout of a club option for 2021 — per ESPN.

Ellsbury enjoyed a strong first season with New York in 2014, when he finished 271/.328/.419 with 16 homers and 39 stolen bases. However, he struggled after that and sustained multiple injuries, including an oblique muscle in his right side, back problems and hip issues.  Ellsbury had much greater success in his first seven MLB seasons, which he spent with the Boston Red Sox. The outfielder logged a .297 career average, 65 homers, 314 RBIs and 241 stolen bases during his time in Boston, where he also earned several accolades and helped lead the Red Sox to two World Series titles. In 2011 alone, Ellsbury won a Gold Glove Award, a Silver Slugger Award and was named the American League Comeback Player of the Year.

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Fans on Twitter were quick to comment on the news of Ellsbury’s release by mocking the outfielder as forgettable and saying things like “good riddance.” It’s clear that many MLB fans believe Ellsbury was not worth the giant contract the Yankees signed him to:

Jacoby Ellsbury made an amazing wall-catch on the first pitch of the New York Yankees‘ 3-0 home victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night, but the snag came at a cost.

Jacoby Ellsbury Crashes into Wall at Yankee Stadium, gets Concussion

The 33-year-old outfielder collided into the center-field wall following a long run to rob Alcides Escobar of an extra-base hit. Ellsbury fell to the ground at Yankee Stadium, and after being tended to by trainer Steve Donohue, was diagnosed with a sprained neck and a concussion, the latter of which was announced in the fifth inning.

Ellsbury left at the top of the first inning and was replaced by Aaron Hicks. 

“He’s on the seven-day concussion DL,” manager Joe Girardi said of Ellsbury, who is in his fourth season with the Yankees, after the game. “Obviously we’ll have to make a move. We haven’t had a chance to talk about it yet.

“I haven’t had a chance to have a chance to talk to [GM Brian Cashman] about it,” Girardi continued. “A lot of times when you have a situation when you feel it’s going to be short (the DL stint), you might do something different than if you felt it was going to be long.”

Girardi added that when he and Donohue evaluated Ellsbury, the center fielder told them he “felt like it was his neck that was bothering him a little bit. Nothing to do with his head.” The Yankees manager called Ellsbury’s injury a “whiplash.”

Several Yankees players, meanwhile, lauded Ellsbury — a 2011 all-star and Gold Glove winner — for his spectacular play.

“It set the tone of the game,” stated left fielder Brett Gardner (via the Associated Press), who had also sprinted for Escobar’s drive and was the first to check on Ellsbury’s condition. “Escobar is standing on third, or it’s 1-0 if it comes out of his glove.”

Rookie right fielder Aaron Judge also complimented his teammate.

“Not too many people in the game make that play,” said Judge. “I don’t know how he held onto that ball. He hit that fence pretty hard.”

This is not the first time this season Ellsbury has crashed into the center field wall at Yankee Stadium.

On May 1, the outfielder slammed into the wall to make a catch on a hit by Toronto’s Ryan Goins. Nevertheless, his errant toss in the sixth inning of that game led the Blue Jays to score on a two-run sacrifice fly:

Following that play, Ellsbury missed two games due to a bruised nerve in his throwing elbow.

The Yankees (27-17, 1st in AL East) lead their four-game home series against the Royals 2-1, with Thursday afternoon’s finale postponed due to rain.

The Bombers next host the Oakland Athletics for the opener of a three-game series on Friday at 7:05 pm EST.

Jacoby Ellsbury delivered four hits Tuesday night, including a bases-loaded single off reliever Joakim Soria — the ball literally struck the pitcher before rolling toward third base — that scored the winning run in the 10th inning, thus lifting the Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

Royals Fall To Yankees 5-4 In Series Finale At Kauffman Stadium

“You need breaks throughout the whole season,” Ellsbury said. “Fortunately it was a break for us and it ended up working out, and we got out of a jam in the 10th inning.”

The two teams have now evened the series at one game apiece. The game was delayed 59 minutes by rain after the fifth inning.

Ellsbury’s ground ball bounced off Soria’s glove and caromed toward third baseman Christian Colon, whose throw to first wasn’t remotely in time, and pinch-runner Aaron Hicks scored from third.

“It’s an easy ground ball right to me,” Soria said. “I don’t know if I slipped or something, but I ended up on the ground. Frustrating.”

The Royals, the defending World Series champions, had runners on second and third with none out in the bottom of the 10th, but reliever Ben Heller struck out Lorenzo Cain. Kansas City then had the bases loaded and one out, but Yankees reliever Chasen Shreve struck out Kendrys Morales, and got Salvador Perez to fly out to end the game and earn his first career save.

“It’s really difficult. Kendrys Morales is a great RBI guy, Salvador Perez kills lefties,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “Really tough situation. [Shreve] came in and really picked us up.”

Heller was acquired by the Yankees in July in the Andrew Miller trade.

New York remained 3 1/2 games behind the Orioles in the American League Wild Card standings. With the home loss, the Royals fell to three games behind Baltimore.

Caught in a 2-for-28 skid, Yankees rookie Aaron Judge made solid contact in his first plate appearance, blasting a two-run homer to left-center field off Edinson Volquez. It was the third major league homer for the rookie, who struck out in all three of his plate appearances on Monday. According to Statcast, Judge’s exit velocity was 103 mph and the home run traveled an estimated 419 feet from the plate.

“It’s just baseball, man,” Judge said before the game. “You’ve just got to battle and grind. When you get that pitch, don’t miss it.”

Girardi also praised Judge for his batting work.

“It’s great. Big two-run homer, gave us the lead,” Girardi said. “It was good to see. I still think his at-bats are pretty good. There’s some strikeouts there, but this guy’s got nine RBIs in less than 50 at-bats. He’s been productive.”

Masahiro Tanaka allowed two runs over five innings before the hour-long rain delay ended his night prematurely.

Dellin Betances blew his first save since taking over the closer role, allowing an inherited runner to score the tying run in the eighth inning.

After going 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and stranding nine men on base during the first six innings, the Yankees’ offense disappeared late in the game as the Royals bullpen retired nine of 10 batters between the seventh and ninth while the offense played catch-up.

The two teams will face off for the series finale at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday night. Right-hander Luis Cessa (4-0, 4.11 ERA) will start for the Yankees, while righty Ian Kennedy (9-9, 3.57 ERA) will take the mound for the Royals.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – MAY 24: Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals hits a two-run home run against the Minnesota Twins during the second inning of the game on May 24, 2016 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)