New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi isn't quite sure what he'll have when embattled slugger Alex Rodriguez makes his return from suspension and joins the team for Spring Training.
Per Mike Puma of the New York Post, "the plan, according to Girardi, is to use Rodriguez at designated hitter and test him at third base early in spring training and then possibly broach with A-Rod the idea of trying first base."
Girardi wants to ease Alex Rodriguez into the field while also getting a firm idea as to where A-Rod's game is at with a year-and-a-half away from the field.
“I think it’s only fair to see where he’s at physically,” Girardi said on Saturday at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new AT&T store at Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall in Seacaucus, NJ. “We have to take our time and not make an evaluation too early in spring training, because he hasn’t played a lot in the last year-and-a-half.”
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