Rodriguez Loses Far More Than $25 Million Salary in MLB Ban
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Alex Rodriguez will forfeit $25 million in base salary while suspended from Major League Baseball for the 2014 season. The longest drug-related ban in the sport’s history will cost him more than that in missed bonuses and lost endorsements, sports marketers said.
An arbitration panel two days ago reduced Rodriguez’s original 211-game suspension on appeal, yet the New York Yankees’ third baseman will still sit out this year’s full 162-game regular season -- plus any playoff games -- for violating baseball’s performance-enhancing drug policy. Rodriguez sued MLB over the ruling, according to a filing today in Manhattan federal court.