Strawberry will play left field for another team in the same league.
Though Strawberry did play last season, he missed 113 days.
Cone recalled that even in the playoffs, when Strawberry didn't play.
Strawberry, who said that his return to the Yankees could come this week, though it would be unlikely, played left field.
Strawberry has been playing like this for more than two weeks, his spring training gracefulness gone.
Strawberry last played for the Yankees in 1999 before being convicted of drug charges.
That means Strawberry might not play again until May 2.
Of the 10 postseason series Strawberry played in, he was on the winning team eight times.
Yet the question of whether Strawberry will ever play again hangs in the air.
Homer remains on the bench as Strawberry plays his position.