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Girardi: A-Rod back, but Beltran will also DH
- Updated: May 27, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — Alex Rodriguez’s return to the active roster has created something of a designated-hitter dilemma for Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who again insisted on Friday that he still intends to find at-bats for Carlos Beltran in that role on occasion.
Girardi said that he still plans on using Rodriguez as his primary DH, though Beltran’s recent success in the role has been difficult to ignore. The Yankees went 14-7 while Rodriguez was on the disabled list, and Beltran has posted a .322/.344/.780 slash line in 59 at-bats as a DH this season.
“You try to map it out,” Girardi said. “You kind of see how each guy is doing and kind of map it out, when left-handers are throwing, that sort of thing. I started looking at things today. We’ll look at it every day and decide what we think is best. Is there an exact plan? No, because I have found that exact plans never seem to pan out, because things change.”
Girardi said that he does not expect to play Beltran on the right-field turf all three games against the Rays at Tropicana Field, so Rodriguez is likely to sit for one game this weekend while Aaron Hicks takes over in right field. The …
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