Alex Rodriguez: 'Enough doctors, let's play'

Alex Rodriguez, in a new statement Thursday, says he’s ready to play and wants to be in the Yankees' lineup Friday night.

“Enough doctors, let’s play,” Rodriguez said in a statement sent to a number of media outlets.

The Yankees' third baseman has yet to play at the MLB level this season and has been sidelined since Sunday with what the Yankees’ doctor called a Grade 1 strain of his left quadriceps. He had been playing in rehab games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and was on track to join the Yankees this past Monday in Texas prior to the injury.

That led to a back-and-forth about whether Rodriguez obtained proper permission for a second opinion, and how much validity that opinion had, given that Gross never examined Rodriguez in person.

“I think the Yankees and I crossed signals,” the statement from Rodriguez reads. “I don’t want any more mixups. I’m excited and ready to play and help this team win a championship. I feel great and I’m ready and want to be in the lineup Friday night. Enough doctors, let’s play.”