Alex Rodriguez has many opinions about baseball, all of which he delivers effortlessly as a longtime analyst MLB on FOX.
But the retired New York Yankees great rejects the idea that he has any advice on how to best manage athletic size while dating a mega-celebrity.
“I certainly can’t give anyone advice on that,” Rodriguez, 48, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue when asked about the burgeoning relationship between Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
Rodriguez played for 22 seasons and three teams — including the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers — before retiring in 2016.
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A year later, he began a long-term, well-documented relationship with Jennifer Lopez that led to the duo’s engagement in 2019.
By April 2021, Rodriguez and Lopez called off their engagement, issuing a joint statement to Today show at the time, saying they “realized that we’re better as friends and we’re looking forward to staying that way.”
These days, Rodriguez is enjoying life with his girlfriend, Canadian fitness instructor Jaclyn Cordeiro, 44, and is happy to share plenty of proud-daddy moments about his two daughters, Natasha, 18, and Ella, 15, who he shares with ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis.
David Ortiz, Kevin Burkhardt, Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter.
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“For me, of everything I have managed to experience in my life, there is nothing [else] except for the birth of both my girls,” she tells PEOPLE.
Still, his senior’s trip to the University of Michigan in August for her freshman year was “an overwhelming experience that I wasn’t prepared for,” says the former professional athlete.
Back at work, Rodriguez maintains a steadier focus, sitting alongside host Kevin Burkhardt, former teammate Derek Jeter and their former division nemesis, former Red Sox star David “Big Papi” Ortiz.
Speaking with PEOPLE in this week’s issue, the foursome admit to engaging in plenty of banter while offering their own nuanced takes on the current games.
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Still, as for the evolution of baseball in a season where rule changes have affected the scope of the game, Rodriguez has his own theory. And if it’s anything like his ALCS prediction — in which he said the Texas Rangers would beat the Houston Astros in 7 — it’s worth a listen.
“You tell me, ‘Alex, you have to go see this movie. It’s great. It is a blockbuster that will win every award.’ And I say: ‘How long?’ and you say, ‘Four hours,’ I’m not going to watch it,” he says.
Rodriguez adds, “I think you saw with the weather clock that the data doesn’t lie, right? Viewership increased by nine and a half percent, matches are almost 30 minutes shorter. Quality, pace is better. So there is a lot of good movement as a domino effect for the game.”
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