Yer Out! MLB tells union A-Rod deal is off the table expected to be suspended until 2015

Unfortunately the sage of Arod has been going on for much too long.  MLB should have acted weeks ago to put an end to this cat and mouse soap opera.    

New York Post-Alex Rodriguez struck out even before he got on the field Saturday.

Sources told The Post that Players Association executive director Michael Weiner reached out to Major League Baseball Saturday to discuss a possible settlement in the Biogenesis investigation and baseball told them that was no longer on the table.

Without a settlement, baseball is expected to suspend Rodriguez for the rest of this season and all of 2014, although commissioner Bud Selig still could look to pursue a lifetime ban.

On Saturday, Rodriguez’s camp refused comment.

Rodriguez has infuriated MLB and the Yankees throughout the Biogenesis investigation and did so again after Friday night’s game in Trenton, when he all but accused the league and the Yankees with conspiring against him to void the remainder of his contract.

In MLB’s eyes, Rodriguez has had more than enough time to cooperate with the investigation, and the league wasn’t interested in reopening discussions now that the expected deadline for suspensions is so close.

The third baseman and his camp also are believed to have contacted the Yankees on Saturday about the possibility of working out a deal on the remainder of his contract, which runs through 2017 and still is worth nearly $100 million. They were rejected on that front, as well.

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