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Ch-ch-changes... Joe Girardi sure changed his stance on the back-up catching spot

By Travis G
TAMPA FL - FEBRUARY 21: Jesus Montero #83 of the New York Yankees works out during the second day of full teams workouts at Spring Training on February 21 2011 at the George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa Florida. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
TAMPA FL - FEBRUARY 21: Jesus Montero #83 of the New York Yankees works out during the second day of full teams workouts at Spring Training on February 21 2011 at the George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa Florida. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
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From February 21, reported by Bryan Hoch of MLB.com -

Yankees manager Joe Girardi has said that he believes Montero can learn as much in one or two games a week at the Major League level as he can by playing every day at Triple-A, so the team would not worry about a big league assignment stalling his development.

Yesterday, reported by Chad Jennings of LoHud -

A few comments from Joe Girardi about today's decisions.

Sending Jesus Montero and Austin Romine to the minors

"We thought it was more beneficial for them to play every day..."

What happened, Joe?

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