MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner said that if Major League Baseball had offered Alex Rodriguez a certain number of games in a suspension, Weiner would have advised Rodriguez to take it.
"I don't want to give a number, but there was a number that I gave A-Rod and we advised him to take it," Weiner told host Chris Russo on Sirius/XM's Mad Dog Radio. "He was never given that number."
When asked if it would be an admission that Rodriguez took steroids, Weiner replied, "It's a question of evidence and, you know, each player has to make his own decision as to whether he used or not. Based on the evidence that we saw, we made a recommendation. The commissioner's office didn't meet it. They were much higher. And therefore we're at a hearing."
Rodriguez is appealing his 211-game suspension for his relationship with the now-defunct Biogenesis clinic and impeding MLB's investigation. He is being allowed to play during the appeal process.