Alex Rodriguez has been quiet since he was released by the Yankees last month, finishing the last of his 12 tempestuous seasons in the Bronx with a .200 batting average and nine home runs. In the weeks since, he has been watching baseball on television at home in Miami and shepherding his daughters, ages 8 and 11, to school and other places.

But when the playoffs begin, he will be back where he was last season after the Yankees lost the wild-card game to the Houston Astros, working as a studio analyst for Fox Sports with Pete Rose, Frank Thomas and the rest of its postseason crew.

“I had a really good time last year, and I’d be watching every game anyway,” Rodriguez said in a telephone interview on Wednesday. “I love the game, and I see it as my responsibility to convey what I am seeing in the simplest way.”

He was, in fact, a very good commentator, dispensing analysis in a way that suggested he was looking toward a TV career. Fox also announced that Rodriguez would contribute analysis during next year’s All-Star Game in Miami.