NEW YORK (WFAN) -- Miguel Andujar is off to a sizzling start to the spring, but Yankees manager Aaron Boone isn't prepared to award the starting third-base job to anyone just yet.
In his weekly appearance on WFAN's "The Afternoon Drive" on Thursday, Boone noted that it's still only March 1 -- Opening Day is still four weeks away.
But the first-year Yankees skipper said he's excited about what he's seeing so from Andujar, who is battling the newly acquired Brandon Drury to become for the starting gig.
And how could he not be? In Thursday's 6-4 Grapefruit League win over the Phillies, Andujar hit his third and fourth homers of the spring. Through five games, he's batting .429 (6-for-14).
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"A couple more good swings today," Boone said. "He's going to be a really good player, we think, for a long time for us. And I think he's out to prove something, and he's out to a great start. But he continues to do his work. He continues to work on getting better on both sides of the ball. But when he walks up to the plate, there's a confidence and a belief that he can do special things in that box, and that's a powerful thing for a player when you walk up there with a lot of confidence."
Boone insisted he's not yet keeping score in the third-base competition.
"What I'm excited about is his continued development, because the more guys that we can have that we feel like are ready to impact our major league club, whether it's at the start or some point during the year, the better off we'll be," he said. "And he continues to get better and better, which is exciting."
Drury, meanwhile, isn't exactly disappointing anyone. He's batting .375 this spring and homered, too, Thursday.
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Trying to hit for more power, Drury, whom general manager Brian Cashman indicated was the front-runner to start at third base when camp opened, began working to revamp his swing after J.D. Martinez was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks last season. He then went to Los Angeles in the offseason to learn from Martinez's private coaches.
Boone said he agrees that Drury still has plenty of untapped potential as a hitter.
"You're talking about a guy that's, I think, 25 years old, that's already had a couple of successful seasons at the big-league level, but we also feel like there's more in there," Boone said. "And I don't think it's necessarily a pressure to do any more. I think it's just an opportunity to hopefully play a little bit more, and we'll see him hopefully take another step as a player. But I think there's more in there from the offensive side of the ball for him, and we believe we're going to see that in some of what are really minor adjustments this winter."
To listen to the interview with Boone, click on the audio player above.
