So Rodriguez has gone about his business and played with the AA Trenton Thunder on Saturday in a rehab start and is expected to rejoin the Yankees on Monday in Chicago. And Joe Girardi says if he's there, he'll play him regardless of what is going on with the investigation.
According to ESPN, A-Rod is expected to be suspended through the end of the 2014 season for his involvement in the Biogenesis PED scandal. Suspensions are supposed to be handed out on Monday and he's just one of many on the list of at least 10 players going buh-bye. When news of this punishment came out, Rodriguez vowed to fight the charges. Then MLB started talking about a lifetime ban and A-Rod wanted to negotiate to a lesser sentence. Shocker.
Chances are, when the suspension is handed down on Monday, he'll appeal and most likely will be able to play and collect his egregious salary to boot. This will be the first time a first time offender is suspended for more than 50 games. But with the evidence against him and the idea that he's actually a PED pusher, trying to get colleagues to go to this "wellness center" makes it that much worse. Supposedly MLB has pages and pages of evidence against the cheater.
As much as I would love to see Rodriguez banned for life, I don't want to be that easy for the Yankees to get out from under what's left of his nearly $100 million still owed on his contract. They were stupid enough to make an absurd deal like that, they shouldn't get off that easy. If A-Rod is, in fact, suspended through the 2014 season, the Yankees will save just under $40 million.
ESPN does a way better job of explaining all the details than I ever could, so watch this video. It really makes Rodriguez come off as even more of a jackass.
FYI... if A-Rod gets away with this, baseball is dead to me.
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