TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Alex Rodriguez will skip the New York Yankees’ exhibition opener against Philadelphia in Clearwater and is slated to make his spring training debut at Steinbrenner Field on Wednesday.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi intends to give Rodriguez two or three at-bats as a designated hitter in New York’s first home exhibition game this year.
Girardi says: ”I know it’s a tall order. He’s 39 1/2 years old, two hip surgeries. But I don’t ever count anybody out. We have to see where he is in about four weeks and how he’s doing. That’s the important thing.”
Back from a season-long suspension for violations of baseball’s drug agreement and labor contract, Rodriguez went 0 for 2 as a DH in an intrasquad game Monday.
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