Yankees’ A-Rod to call it quits after 2017
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DRUG-TAINTED New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez will retire after his contract expires in 2017, he told ESPN on Wednesday.
“I won’t play after next year,” the 40-year-old said. “I’ve really enjoyed my time. For me, it is time for me to go home and be a dad.” “A-Rod” is slated to earn US$40 million over the final two seasons of the US$275 million deal he inked before the 2008 Major League Baseball campaign. Some US$25 million of salary under that deal was surrendered when Rodriguez missed the entire 2014 season while serving a suspension for his role in the Biogenesis performance enhancing drug distribution scandal. He returned on opening day of 2015 after a ban that lasted 162 games and has played almost exclusively as a designated hitter. If he can match his 2015 home run output of 33 in each of the next two seasons, he would finish his career nine home runs short of Barry Bonds’ all-time major league record of 762. Rodriguez is currently fourth on MLB’s all-time list with 687. He appears poised to pass Yankees legend Babe Ruth (714) for No. 3 on the list, but could walk away trailing Bonds and Hank Aaron, who remains at No. 2 with 755.
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