It appears there will be no A-Rod baseball comeback in 2017.
Former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, who was unconditionally released by the Bombers last August, is not going to try to play for another club this year, and will instead fulfill his commitment as a "special advisor" to Yankee owner Hal Steinbrenner, according to Rodriguez's spokesman.
"Alex is enjoying his time off and looking forward to heading to spring training to work with the young guys as he has said all along," Ron Berkowitz, A-Rod's spokesman, told the Daily News Wednesday.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman also told The News that he had heard "nothing new" on Rodriguez and any baseball playing desires in 2017.
"He's certainly invited to participate in spring training," said Cashman. "But Alex is also free to do as he pleases, if he wants to try and keep playing. We welcome the opportunity for him to impact our young players at spring training. Alex would work directly for Hal (Steinbrenner). All the parameters have been vocalized and they remain the same from last year. He's got a life to live too, and I'm sure he's going to have a lot of opportunities in broadcasting, in business. People will be tugging him in a lot of different directions."
A-Rod was a Fox Sports analyst during the 2015 and 2016 postseasons.
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