Alex Rodriguez sues Major League Baseball, players' union January 14, 2014 -- Updated 0022 GMT (0822 HKT) Alex Rodriguez received the longest drug-related suspension in MLB history He denies using PEDs during recent years He will miss the 2014 season and postseason, if the Yankees advance (CNN) -- Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez is taking his fight over his record-setting suspension to federal court. Rodriguez's lawsuit, filed in New York's Southern District, comes two days after an arbitration panel upheld Major League Baseball's suspension of the New York Yankees third baseman, but reduced it from 211 games to 162 games and any possible postseason contests. The complaint names Major League Baseball, the players union and the commissioner's office as defendants. In the suit, Rodriguez asks the court to overturn the arbitrators' decision to uphold his suspension for violating baseball's Joint Drug Agreement. Major League Baseball contends Rodriguez, fifth on MLB's list of all-time home run leaders, used three different performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) during a three-year period and had ties to the now-shuttered Biogenesis clinic in South Florida. Rodriguez has said he didn't use any PEDs in that time frame and passed each of his drug tests. Saturday's ruling by lead arbitrator Fredric Horowitz will not only cost Rodriguez $25 million in salary, it also further clouds the groundbreaking career of a player who will turn 40 during the 2015 season.