Alex Rodriguez Tested Positive for Steroids in 2003: Sources

According to an exclusive SI report, Alex Rodriguez (AKA A-Rod) tested positive for steroids in 2003.

Four independent sources told SI the information. That is the same year that Alex Rodriguez won the American League home run title and the AL MVP award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers.

Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two banned substances, the anabolic steroid Primobolan and testosterone, the sources said.

According to SI, requests for comment players' union executive director Donald Fehr were not responded to, but A-Rod gave the following evasive statement to an SI reporter:

"You'll have to talk to the union. I'm not saying anything."

His name appears on a list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in a 2003 baseball survey according to Sports Illustrated.

The results of the testing of 1,198 players were meant to be anonymous under the agreement between the commissioner’s office and the union, but we know how those deals usually work out. In fact, the information was found after federal agents, armed with search warrants, seized the 2003 results from Comprehensive Drug Testing, Inc., in Long Beach, CA as part of the BALCO investigation.