Alex Rodriguez Twitter Activity Upsets Brian Cashman, GM Says A-Rod Should "Shut The F--k Up"

Oft-injured New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez hasn’t even made it back from his latest injury and he already seems to getting off on the wrong foot.

Agitated Yanks general manager Brian Cashman told ESPN “Alex should just shut the f--- up,” after Rodriguez tweeted yet another progress report on his rehab progress earlier this week.

According to the Yankee third basemen's tweets, he’s now been cleared to play in rehab games, a contradiction, ESPN reports, from what Cashman told the media earlier this week about a timetable for his return.

“Visit from Dr. [Bryan] Kelly over the weekend, who gave me the best news---, the green light to play games again! Rodriguez wrote.

According to Cashman, that comes as news to him. “He’s not been by our doctors to play in rehab games yet,” he told ESPN. “He’s getting closer. There’s no doubt about that. But we don’t have a date for him to start playing games yet. It could be July 1. It could be July 5 or maybe June 25.”

Cashman than explained that Kelly had no jurisdiction over Rodriguez's rehab once the third baseman left New York and began training at the team’s facility in Tampa.

"There is always a chain of command with injuries," added Yankees manager Joe Giradi. "That is the process. It goes through our training staff, our doctors, our GM and then it probably gets to me."

Even when he’s officially ready to return, Rodriguez, 37, may not be able to. ESPN has previously reported his name is among those that has appeared in several documents in MLB's investigation into Anthony Bosch, the head of the Biogenesis lab that has been accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs to players.

"Outside the Lines" has reported that baseball might seek to ban Rodriguez for as many as 100 games. The Yankees owe Rodriguez more than $100 million, plus possible bonuses, for a contract through 2017.

 

 

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