New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will have surgery on Monday to repair his torn meniscus, per Peter Botte of the NY Daily News.
Rodriguez will miss the next 4-to-6 weeks while recovering from the surgery.
Although he considered playing through the injury, which initially occurred on June 19th, it makes more sense to get it taken care of now.
"Absolutely. That's what I would say, if you're going to have the surgery, let's get it done as soon as possible so some of the off-days you're having are during the (All-Star) break," [manager Joe] Girardi said. "If he decided not to have the surgery, we've seen how it's kind of affected him up to this point."
This means Rodriguez will have landed on the disabled list in four consecutive seasons.
A-Rod hasn't hit a home run in his past 85 at-bats, which is the longest drought of his career.
On the season, Rodriguez is hitting .295 with 13 home runs and 52 runs batted in.
