Yankees News: Alex Rodriguez addresses his cousin’s guilty plea

Since reporting to Spring Training, which has been his first time speaking to the media since his suspension, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has shown a reluctance to discuss anything related to Biogenesis or steroids.

It is no surprise that Rodriguez did not want to discuss the case of his cousin, Yuri Sucart, who will plead guilty in his role the Biogenesis clinic.  After discussing his second home run of the spring with reporters, Rodriguez was asked what he thought about the situation involving his cousin to which he responded:

"Guys, we have so many good things to talk about, but that’s not one of them.  We’ll keep it baseball.  Have a good weekend."

Sucart will be the last of the eight Biogenesis defendants to plead guilty to charges.  While prosecutors will pursue an eight month prison sentence for Sucart, his lawyer, Ed O’Donnell, seeks a four-month house arrest sentence, which he attributes to Sucart’s declining health.

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Sucart, who was once a close friend of Rodriguez’s, was the person who would obtain the performance enhancing drugs for Rodriguez.  His wife famously called A-Rod the devil, and claimed that he urinated on a wall in their home.

Had Yuri’s case went to trial, Rodriguez likely would have been forced to testify, something that he surely would not have welcomed, as his role in Biogenesis would have become much more public than it already has been, one thing Rodriguez has clearly opposed.

With all eight defendants now entering guilty pleas, it is likely that we will now never know Rodriguez’s true role in the clinic, or how much he truly has used steroids.  The three-time AL MVP is attempting to help the Yankees return to the playoffs for the first time since 2012.

As Opening Day nears, so too does Rodriguez’s return to opposing ballparks, which will bring more boo’s and thus likely more steroid questions.  Avoiding taking the stand, and having whatever it is he doesn’t want known revealed, will surely help limit these questions.

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