According to Craig Calcaterra of
NBCSports HardballTalk,
Major League Baseball is prepared to slap Alex Rodriguez with a lifetime ban if the Yankee third baseman fails to agree to a disciplinary settlement in the Biogenesis case. According to Calcaterra, either the "settled-on" or "unilaterally-imposed" sanctions are likely to be handed down
this Friday. While MLB concedes that an appeal of the lifetime ban would likely result in
less of a penalty—they strongly feel it would be in the 150-game range they are offering as a settlement. The ball is now firmly in the court of
The Fraudulent One.
