Alex Rodriguez plays baseball.
Alex Rodriguez . While recovering from a hip injury in 2013 , Rodriguez made headlines by feuding with team management over his rehabilitation and for having allegedly obtained performance-enhancing drugs as part of the Biogenesis baseball scandal . The Biogenesis baseball scandal broke in 2013 when several Major League Baseball ( MLB ) players were accused of obtaining performance-enhancing drugs ( `` PEDs '' ) , specifically human growth hormone , from the now-defunct rejuvenation clinic Biogenesis of America . The First-Year Player Draft , also known as the Rule 4 Draft , is Major League Baseball 's ( MLB ) primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools , colleges , and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams .