Even though I went from playing every day with Seattle to a platoon situation, it was a lot of fun going back.

But they would have offered platoon situations.

I got off to a slow start last year," he said, "and I got into a platoon situation quickly.

"There's a possibility it might be a platoon situation or someone might come out of spring training with an opportunity to play every day," said Howe.

The move gave the Yankees some more right-handed power, and meant that Showalter was flirting with another platoon situation.

We asked him about playing in a platoon situation, and he said he couldn't help the team in that situation.

His best chance would be if Rice became the designated hitter and didn't hit enough to warrant playing every day, thus creating a platoon situation.

Last year I got into a platoon situation and it really wasn't a good year for me.

The Indians needed a solid backup for Diaz, who caught just 75 games last season in a platoon situation with Alomar.

"He was uncomfortable playing in the platoon situation," Torre added.