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Yanks' Alex Rodriguez cleared to face live pitching

Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will start to see live pitching soon. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

MLB is preparing to suspend Alex Rodriguez and others for connection to Biogenesis clinic. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was cleared on Monday to face live pitching for the first time since having left hip surgery in January, reports the Newark Star-Ledger.

Rodriguez ran the bases at 75 percent effort over the weekend and will likely be activated from the disabled list shortly after the All-Star break if everything goes smoothly in his continued rehab. Rodriguez was placed on the 60-day disabled list to start the season and has not played this season.

Rodriguez still faces the possibility of being suspended by Major League Baseball because of alleged connections with a South Florida clinic that Major League Baseball is investigating because of a possible distribution of performance-enhancing drugs to as many as 20 MLB players.

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