--- title: Alex Rodriguez Retires From Baseball | TIME description: Alex Rodriguez retired from baseball Sunday morning. The Yankees will release him after he plays one last game in New York on Friday, pay him his remaining $20 million in salary this season and his guaranteed $20 million for 2017. canonical: https://time.com/video/oBWjhuFK/ og:title: Alex Rodriguez Retires From Baseball og:description: Alex Rodriguez retired from baseball Sunday morning. The Yankees will release him after he plays one last game in New York on Friday, pay him his remaining $20 million in salary this season and his guaranteed $20 million for 2017. og:url: https://time.com/video/oBWjhuFK/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/oBWjhuFK/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alex Rodriguez Retires From Baseball twitter:description: Alex Rodriguez retired from baseball Sunday morning. The Yankees will release him after he plays one last game in New York on Friday, pay him his remaining $20 million in salary this season and his guaranteed $20 million for 2017. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/oBWjhuFK/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # Alex Rodriguez Retires From Baseball ## Video: Alex Rodriguez Retires From Baseball [Watch (HLS stream): Alex Rodriguez Retires From Baseball](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oBWjhuFK.m3u8) (0:51)  _Published 2016-08-07. Alex Rodriguez retired from baseball Sunday morning. The Yankees will release him after he plays one last game in New York on Friday, pay him his remaining $20 million in salary this season and his guaranteed $20 million for 2017._ --- Jul 27, 2023 8:34 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [How to Retire Abroad](/video/ngnrU4UX/) ### How to Retire Abroad [Baseball Salaries Through the Years](/video/eTn8Hbsb/) ### Baseball Salaries Through the Years [What Alex Rodriguez Left Out of His Lawsuit](/video/51Cah0jd/) ### What Alex Rodriguez Left Out of His Lawsuit --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Alex Rodriguez Retires From Baseball ","description":"Alex Rodriguez retired from baseball Sunday morning. The Yankees will release him after he plays one last game in New York on Friday, pay him his remaining $20 million in salary this season and his guaranteed $20 million for 2017.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/oBWjhuFK/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-08-07T20:20:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oBWjhuFK.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/oBWjhuFK/","duration":"PT51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/oBWjhuFK/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```