Manager Joe Girardi has a good idea of what next season's Marlins roster will look like. But Girardi, following the lead of Florida's front office, isn't elaborating on whether slugger Carlos Delgado will return. "Obviously they have to do what they feel is best, but we've talked about it," Girardi said Thursday after he was introduced as Florida's new manager. "Knowing you have guys like (pitchers Josh) Beckett, (Dontrelle) Willis, (third baseman Miguel) Cabrera who are going to be competitive, you're going to have a chance to win every night. The exact composition, we're not exactly sure what the team is going to be." Delgado's agent, David Sloane, said he spoke with Assistant General Manager Mike Hill on Wednesday but got no direction on his client's future.. "I had other issues to discuss about other (minor-league) clients of mine," he said. "In the course of our conversation, I asked if there was anything new with Carlos, and I was told there was nothing new." Delgado said he was told by Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria in September to ignore reports about speculation he could be traded because, he said, Loria told him he would not be traded. But no one in the front office ? not Loria and not General Manager Larry Beinfest ? has publicly said Delgado will return. "However, at this point we are going on the basis of what (Marlins owner) Jeffrey Loria told Carlos in Houston (in September), specifically that he wasn't going to be traded. If we can't take Jeffrey's word, nothing else matters because he's the one who calls the shots."