Puig eyeing starting gig with Dodgers or 'somewhere else'

Where Yasiel Puig accomplishes his one goal doesn't appear to matter to him.

Puig lost his starting job with the Los Angeles Dodgers this past season thanks to off-field maturity issues and a subsequent demotion to Triple-A, with trade deadline acquisition Josh Reddick occasionally usurping the outfielder's once-cemented spot in right field.

Though Dodgers president Andrew Friedman has seen "real maturation" from the Cuban recently, the club has reportedly still been open to dealing him before the upcoming season.

But as long as his name's in the lineup, Puig doesn't care where he plays.

"I want to be a starter again, whether it's here or somewhere else," Puig told the Los Angeles Times' Andy McCullough on Monday.

After slashing .260/.320/.386 through the first 105 games of the season, the Dodgers demoted Puig to Triple-A and he missed the entire month of August with the big-league club.

He was recalled Sept. 2 for a game against the San Diego Padres and went on to hit .281/.338/.561 in the final month, though he only started 13 of the Dodgers' final 23 regular season games.