He's back!

Alex Rodriguez's impending return to the Yankees was accompanied by a Miami Herald report stating that the embattled slugger admitted to performance-enhancing drug use to DEA agents last January.

As more fodder for the anti-Rodriguez crowd enters the complicated equation around the three-time MVP, let's not forget the reality among all of baseball's PED users: performance trumps personality.

Right now, Yankees fans want no part of Rodriguez in 2015. Yet, when spring training begins, his health and ability—in question at the age of 39—will dictate how he's received on a nightly basis next summer.

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If Rodriguez can simply be the hitter he was in 2013 (.771 OPS), he'll automatically be an asset for an offense that was anemic during his season-long suspension. With the league-average OPS at .700 in 2014, Rodriguez has a chance to still be an above-average offensive player next season.

What kind of reception will Rodriguez receive next season during home games? If he hits, will you forgive the latest PED transgression and series of orchestrated lies?

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