‘Thought About It for Half a Second’- Alex Rodriguez Once Shockingly Revealed a Possible Return to Mariners Was on the Cards Following 2016 Retirement From Yankees

Published 08/13/2022, 2:00 PM EDT

Alex Rodriguez has been probably the most entertaining baseball player in the 21st century. A skilled hitter from the plate, A-Rod was also a versatile baseball hitter. He played as a shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers and as a third baseman for the New York Yankees.

And surprisingly, he was immensely successful in both positions. Wherever A-Rod played, success followed him. Debuted in the 1994 season, A-Rod played his last major league game in 2016. Notably, his retirement with the Yankees was more of a settlement.

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Because had the Yankees let him play for a couple more weeks, Alex Rodriguez would have entered the 700 home runs club. However, A-Rod had received multiple offers from different MLB franchises to play for them and enter the 700 home runs club.

Miami Marlins and Seattle Mariners offered Alex Rodriguez to play after his retirement

Earlier in 2019, while talking to Dan Katz of Barstool Sports, Alex Rodriguez revealed he got offers from two different franchises to play for them after his retirement in 2016. He also revealed that moving on from retirement was the most difficult thing for him.

“It’s scary as hell (retirement)… I mean, it’s like falling from the top of the hill and you are just like you don’t know where the bottom is… There is this famous saying that athletes die twice; once when they retire and once real death,” A-Rod said.

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Although A-Rod did not take the name of any franchise, he gave enough hints that revealed the name of the Miami Marlins and Seattle Mariners.

“When I went home that first weekend, I was so scared. And I had two or three teams call me and say, “hey, we will put you on… We will let you hit four home runs,” Alex Rodriguez added. “And I probably thought for half a second and then I said, “no, I am good with the Yankees.”

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“I can just tell you this. It was close to home (Miami Marlins) one and the other one (Seattle Mariners) was really far from home.”

Notably, the former Yankees slugger retired with 696 home runs to his name. He needed only four more homers to be in the same company as Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds.

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Do you think Alex Rodriguez should have accepted the offer and hit four homers to be in the record books?

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Abhishek Kumar is an MLB author at EssentiallySports. After completing his Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, Abhishek has been working in the media industry since two years. Before joining EssentiallySports, he previously worked at APN News as a sub-editor, where he has written articles on sports and politics.

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Vibhanshu Kumar

‘Thought About It for Half a Second’- Alex Rodriguez Once Shockingly Revealed a Possible Return to Mariners Was on the Cards Following 2016 Retirement From Yankees

Miami Marlins and Seattle Mariners offered Alex Rodriguez to play after his retirement

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