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The Yankees pawned off four key players over the past week, including pending free agents Carlos Beltran and Ivan Nova before Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline.
But what becomes now of Alex Rodriguez, who remains among the significant high-priced Yankees to survive the purge so far?
While the more likely scenario still seems to be parting ways with A-Rod over the winter, a source familiar with the situation told the Daily News on Monday that there’s a chance releasing the slumping DH “could happen” before the end of this season as part of the team’s ongoing overhaul.
“I hope not,” Rodriguez told the Daily News when asked about the story after not playing in the Yankees’ 6-5 win over the Mets. “I want to play and think I can make a difference on the field and in the clubhouse.”
Rodriguez, who is four homers shy of 700 for his career, is owed the remainder of his $21 million salary for this season and another $21 million guaranteed for 2017.
“There’s a lot that’s happened today that we haven’t had a chance to really sit down as a staff, sit down with Brian and talk about what we think is best,” Joe Girardi said before the game, before adding cryptically, “I’m not so sure there won’t be other things done during the course of this week, too.”
Asked if “other things” alluded to possibly making a move with Rodriguez, Girardi quickly clarified to say: “I’m not talking about that. Obviously we called up two players really quickly…When I said that, that’s not what I meant.”
Girardi added he’s “not sure” how he plans to divvy up playing time at designated hitter now that Beltran has been traded — and once the Subway Series shifts back to the Bronx on Wednesday. Rodriguez’s playing time, especially against right-handed pitching, was reduced last month; he is 2-for-25 with one homer and one RBI since July 16.
“A-Rod is a choice for our manager and coaching staff as they try to dissect every day what’s the best lineup to put out there,” GM Brian Cashman said when asked what the Yankees’ string of moves means for Rodriguez. “He’s going to do everything he continues to do to try to put himself in a position to succeed and then leave the decision making to the field staff if there’s opportunities to play or not.
“The answer to that’s easy, I guess. We evaluate everything on a daily and weekly basis. We’re always trying to do the right thing. We’re always trying to do the best thing. Nothing has changed there.”
Last Monday, a source had told the Daily News there was “almost no chance” that Rodriguez would be released during the season and that a recent chance meeting between A-Rod and team owner Hal Steinbrenner that weekend in a hallway at Yankee Stadium was “not a big deal” and nothing more than a brief five-minute encounter in which the two discussed the team and exchanged pleasantries about their families.
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)dbanana0-9Soumiwe$$$byebye)(&^The Yankees pawned off four key players over the past week, including pending free agents Carlos Beltran and Ivan Nova before Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline.
But what becomes now of Alex Rodriguez, who remains among the significant high-priced Yankees to survive the purge so far?
While the more likely scenario still seems to be parting ways with A-Rod over the winter, a source familiar with the situation told the Daily News on Monday that there’s a chance releasing the slumping DH “could happen” before the end of this season as part of the team’s ongoing overhaul.
“I hope not,” Rodriguez told the Daily News when asked about the story after not playing in the Yankees’ 6-5 win over the Mets. “I want to play and think I can make a difference on the field and in the clubhouse.”
Rodriguez, who is four homers shy of 700 for his career, is owed the remainder of his $21 million salary for this season and another $21 million guaranteed for 2017.
“There’s a lot that’s happened today that we haven’t had a chance to really sit down as a staff, sit down with Brian and talk about what we think is best,” Joe Girardi said before the game, before adding cryptically, “I’m not so sure there won’t be other things done during the course of this week, too.”
Asked if “other things” alluded to possibly making a move with Rodriguez, Girardi quickly clarified to say: “I’m not talking about that. Obviously we called up two players really quickly…When I said that, that’s not what I meant.”
Girardi added he’s “not sure” how he plans to divvy up playing time at designated hitter now that Beltran has been traded — and once the Subway Series shifts back to the Bronx on Wednesday. Rodriguez’s playing time, especially against right-handed pitching, was reduced last month; he is 2-for-25 with one homer and one RBI since July 16.
“A-Rod is a choice for our manager and coaching staff as they try to dissect every day what’s the best lineup to put out there,” GM Brian Cashman said when asked what the Yankees’ string of moves means for Rodriguez. “He’s going to do everything he continues to do to try to put himself in a position to succeed and then leave the decision making to the field staff if there’s opportunities to play or not.
“The answer to that’s easy, I guess. We evaluate everything on a daily and weekly basis. We’re always trying to do the right thing. We’re always trying to do the best thing. Nothing has changed there.”
Last Monday, a source had told the Daily News there was “almost no chance” that Rodriguez would be released during the season and that a recent chance meeting between A-Rod and team owner Hal Steinbrenner that weekend in a hallway at Yankee Stadium was “not a big deal” and nothing more than a brief five-minute encounter in which the two discussed the team and exchanged pleasantries about their families.
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