The troubles and distractions continue for the New York Yankees Thursday night.Recently, it has been reported that New York Yankees third-baseman Alex Rodriguez is showing more uncertainty about his rehab process. The report was received during a conference call Wednesday afternoon with team officials, a source familiar with the conversation told ESPNNewYork.com.
"I'm not sure when I can come back," A-Rod is said to have told general manager Brian Cashman and team president Randy Levine on the three-way call. "It could be in July. It could be in August. It could be I won't be able to play at all this year."
The call seems to contradict the now-infamous tweet A-Rod sent out Tuesday night.
https://twitter.com/AROD/status/349668933797818368
Dr. Bryan Kelly performed hip surgery on Rodriguez in January. That tweet drew an angry response from Cashman, who told ESPNNewYork.com's Andrew Marchand, "Alex should just shut the f--- up."
On Wednesday, sources said that Rodriguez believed the Yankees were delaying his return in order to collect insurance money from his $28 million salary. A team source confirmed it is a suspicion A-Rod has brought up for some time. In fact, he made a call to Yankees executives several months ago asking if the team was trying to get rid of him after his nightmarish postseason in which he went 3-for-25 and was benched for two playoff games.
Also on Wednesday, sources told the New York Daily News that Rodriguez was rushing his return so he could then retire because of medical disability and collect his full salary before Major League Baseball could impose a lengthy suspension on him for his involvement with the Miami clinic Biogenesis.
Simply put, the Yankees just can't seem to catch a break this season.
With the whole Biogenesis scandal and injuries to key players in the franchise it is just unfortunate that once again they receive either a setback or distraction of some sort. It may be time to somehow find a way to cut the cut cord on A-Rod's deal in New York.
A fresh start may be in the near future for the Yankees and certainly for Alex Rodriguez as well.
Written by Dedrick Hendrix
