PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Hal Steinbrenner says Alex Rodriguez is “a great player” and “obviously an asset” but the New York Yankees’ managing general partner wouldn’t comment on the player’s possible return to the team following his season-long suspension.
Speaking to reporters at baseball owners’ meetings Wednesday, Steinbrenner said he isn’t thinking about 2015 and his focus is on right now.
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig suspended Rodriguez for 211 games in August, and arbitrator Fredric Horowitz cut the penalty last weekend to the 2014 season and postseason. The arbitrator found “clear and convincing evidence” that the third baseman used three banned substances and twice tried to obstruct baseball’s investigation of the Biogenesis of America anti-aging clinic.
Rodriguez responded by suing Major League Baseball and the players’ association in an effort to overturn the decision.
