Alex Rodriguez speaks during a news conference Sunday at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. Rodriguez will continue on. Rodriguez has put together a fantastic career that he can look back on and be proud of regardless of how it ends.
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Rodriguez, once Major League Baseball’s most valuable player, is having one of the worst years of his professional career, hitting nine home runs with a batting average of.204.
“This is a tough day“.
“We’d love to have Alex back in some capacity”, said John Entz, president of production and executive producer, in a statement to SN. “Today I’m saying goodbye to both”.
Rodriguez has numbers that rank among the best in history, but has also seen his reputation tarnished by performance-enhancing drugs.
The decision to release Rodriguez was made by Hal Steinbrenner, the team owner, as the baseball player’s role in the team became increasingly irrelevant. This year, A-Rod’s trips to the plate typically last a little under four pitches. “It’s been very painful and embarrassing to be on the bench”. “I’m 41 years old, I played 22 years in the major leagues”.
The source said Rodriguez listened to the offer, understood the implications and asked for some time to think it over. “That wasn’t in the cards”.
But the one constant that remained over the last eight years was Alex Rodriguez’s presence in the Yankees clubhouse, which gave Gardner a sense of stability among teammates.
The incredible thing is that although the deal was struck last week, the details remained a secret for three whole days – and in fact were unknown even to Rodriguez’s teammates and coaches until a press release was handed out just before the start of the news conference Sunday.
“You can’t play forever and we will all go through that”, he said. “He’s always been a leader and a mentor”.
While Rodriguez is retiring, he won’t need Social Security.
Brian Cashman said the remainder of Rodriguez’s contract will be paid in “full force”. “I can tell you I was incredibly humbled and flattered that he wanted me to spend time with the next generation of Yankees”. “I think he’s going to be real good at what he’s getting ready to do”.
He wasn’t in the starting lineup Sunday against the Indians.
The New York Yankees star previously announced plans to hang up his cleats and retire following the 2017 season, but on Sunday (07Aug16), the third baseman revealed he will bow out of the sport within days.
Dunagan said he grew up watching A-Rod and is sad to see him go.
“If he wants to play in every game, I’ll find a way”, Girardi said.
He has 696 career home runs, and is just four away from joining the illustrious 700 Club, which now has just three members, Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, and Babe Ruth, respectively.
More than any individual thing, Severino insists its Rodriguez’s presence that makes him so valuable to be around.
“I have not thought past the pinstripes”, said Rodriguez.
Cashman said Rodriguez is free to sign with any team following Friday’s release. Alongside a World Series title in 2009, he also won two MVP Awards in 2005 and 2007 and was an All-Star in seven seasons as a Yankee.
Alex Rodriguez could have a future in sports TV.
“A lot’s happened the last 72 hours, ” Rodriguez said.
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According to Mark Teixeira – who on Friday announced his retirement following the 2016 season – Rodriguez is an invaluable teammate as an example of hard work and baseball intelligence. And obviously he’s had his ups and downs, and didn’t want it to end like this. Rodriguez had a huge season in 2015 hitting.250 with 33 homeruns and 86 RBI in 151 games. When the Rangers chose to trade him, a proposed deal to Boston fell through before he was traded to NY.
