The Alex Rodriguez situation with the New York Yankees promises to be interesting to say the least in 2015, with the former superstar slugger now likely relegated to playing DH against left-handers.
Per Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, the Yankees (and Major League Baseball) are hoping that this marks the beginning of the end of Rodriguez's time as an MLB player:
Rodriguez faces tremendous scrutiny from the public and his own team, which by all accounts wishes he would go away. Spring training in Tampa should be a virtual zoo, and while the Yankees have traditionally been built to withstand such distraction, this should be a whopper.
Best-case scenarios are that he can’t hold up physically (though most of his time will be spent as a DH) or that Major League Baseball and/or the Yankees come up with more damaging material to keep him out of baseball for good.
There's also the matter of Rodriguez's contract incentives. A-Rod sits just six homers shy of 660 - a benchmark that would trigger a $6 million bonus to be tacked on to his $21 million salary for 2015.
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