PT TODAY: Beginning of an A-Rod platoon?

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Yankees | Alex Rodriguez sitting out
New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez is not in the starting lineup against Texas Rangers SP Chi Chi Rodriguez Monday, June 27. OF Carlos Beltrán will serve as the designated hitter, while OF Aaron Hicks will start in right field and is batting ninth.  Source: Baseball Press
 
BHQ take: Yankee manager Joe Girardi refuses to say that this is now a platoon, but this is the second consecutive game in which Alex Rodriguez is sitting against a RH pitcher, and Girardi has already said that Rodriguez will be in the lineup on June 28 when the Yankees are facing a LH pitcher (Cole...

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