Alex Rodriguez unlikely to return to Yankees until next week

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Alex Rodriguez ran the bases on Friday night. He practiced going from first to third and from third to home. He practiced going halfway on a fly ball to the outfield, and he practiced taking the wide turn at first after getting a hit. According to New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, “He ran pretty good today.”

Alex Rodriguez doesn’t appear likely to rejoin the Yankees until Tuesday’s home game against the Blue Jays. Kevin French/Icon Sportswire

But the likelihood is that the Yankees will not have their 40-year-old designated hitter back in the lineup before the team returns home to play the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.

Although Rodriguez did not speak to the media after his running drill, saying he first needed to talk to Girardi and team trainer Steve Donohue, a …

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