ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The words were strong from Alex Rodriguez before Friday night’s game.
“I’m very confident,” A-Rod told The Post in the visiting clubhouse at Tropicana Field. “And I’m excited. I’m excited to be back in uniform and give these guys some punch in the middle of the lineup.”
That doesn’t sound like someone who is ready to turn over the designated hitter job.
Rodriguez then went out and backed up those words, blasting a 440-foot, two-run home run to left-center off the Rays’ Chris Archer in the sixth inning of the Yankees’ 4-1 victory.