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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees are losing one superstar, but another will return in 2015 --&amp;nbsp;Alex Rodriguez, who served a year-long suspension for his involvement in the Biogenesis scandal.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Saturday he contacted Rodriguez 10 days ago to map out a plan for his return, according to ESPNNewYork.com's Andrew Marchand.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u200B\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Joe Girardi&amp;nbsp;reportedly ripped Yankees before Jeter's last home game&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I spoke to Alex ... trying to get his thought process on the best way to come back,\" said&amp;nbsp;Cashman, who had declined to comment on Rodriguez all season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cashman reportedly asked Rodriguez if he thought playing winter ball might be a good option, but Rodriguez declined, which Cashman told Marchand was \"fine.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cashman&amp;nbsp;made headlines in June 2013 after he told Rodriguez to \"shut the f--- up\" through the media after A-Rod tweeted about his injury rehab. The general manager was more complimentary of Rodriguez on Saturday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"One thing about Alex, he has always been a hard worker,\"&amp;nbsp;Cashman&amp;nbsp;said. \"It is nothing you ever have to worry about with Alex.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He added: \"I just approached it as, like any player, I've got questions I need answered here on what's best going next and I needed the player to be involved in the process. So we had a good conversation on that end. I would term it 'good.' I didn't rehash anything from the past. It is not productive to do so. He's been suspended. He served his time. It gets completed by tomorrow. Then he will be re-introduced obviously with you guys [the media] and our personnel. He looks forward to re-introducing himself to us in a positive way.\"&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rodriguez is owed more than $60 million over the next three seasons. The 39-year-old, three-time AL MVP will enter the season with 654 career home runs, 309 coming in 10 seasons with the Yankees.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Baseball Hall of Fame already planning for Jeter's induction&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Chris Mascaro&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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