5 Reasons Why Alex Rodriguez Will Retire This Year

1. How good can he be with two bad hips?

Now about to undergo his second hip surgery, the question will be raised, can he be serviceable when he is healthy? Some believe that he cannot, and for good reason, he has two bad hips and for a power hitter who needs to be able to generate torque with his hips. After the debocle that has been known as his 2012 postseason, it makes sense that A-Rod is slowing down rapidly. He has had more nagging injuries in the past few years. What do you think is going to come of a player who has had two major hip surgeries before his 38th birthday...

2. Can the Yankees void his contract?

Yes. They can void his contract. How you ask? They have Rodriguez's contract insured, meaning they can void his contract and get reimbursed for the $114 million left on his contract. According to ESPN.com New York has already been looking into voiding the rest of the contract. Who could blame them? Even before this  story came out, they were paying $114 million to a player on the decline, who was going to be out until at least the all-star break possibly longer. So now with the chance to get him out of their hair obviously the Yankees will take a look at their options.

3. His health moving forward

A-Rod's health these past few years hasn't been great to say the least. Of course last years broken wrist was a freak injury but two hip surgeries and other nagging injuries as well. Who knows how long his body will hold up. Yes, Alex is an absolute gym rat, but there's only so much you can do. I believe that those injuries will come back to bite him even more this year.

4. How are the fans going to react?

The Yankees faithful has always given Alex a hard time whenever he didn't do something good. The boo birds were quieted after his magical postseason in 2009, which we have now learned might have been tainted. Now the fans will be out in full force against Rodriguez this season if he comes back. He was never one to succumb to pressure real well and with the newest accusations against him another 5 years of that wouldn't exactly be good for his psyche.

5. How tarnished is his legacy?

We all A-Rod has a bit of an ego problem. Which makes me think that with two separate instances of being accused of using performance enhancing drugs, there is absolutely no shot of him even getting 50% of the Hall of Fame vote. His legacy (whatever was left of it) is completely gone. He is going to go down as one of the biggest liars in Major League Baseball. (yes, I know most of you are saying I told you so right now.) Players who tell the truth about their use of steroids don't get completely immured from being involved in rumors but, the ones that tell the truth are respected more than others who claim to be telling the truth and than are accused again with pretty convincing evidence.

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