Report: Representatives for Alex Rodriguez purchased Biogenesis documents

On Thursday night, the New York Times reported that the commissioner's office had purchased documents from a former employee at the Biogenesis clinic with the intention of gaining information and uncovering evidence that would link players to the clinic and their distribution of performance-enhancing drugs.

We also learned that MLB suspected at least one player had already purchased several documents in hopes of destroying evidence and distancing himself from the story and potential discipline.

It was only a matter of time before we learned who that player might be. According to the Michael S. Schmidt, who was a co-author in the Times' original report, MLB believes they have evidence that it was none other than Alex Rodriguez.

Here's what Schmidt wrote late Friday afternoon:

Investigators for Major League Baseball have uncovered what they believe is evidence that a representative of Alex Rodriguez purchased medical records from a person connected to a South Florida anti-aging clinic that is suspected of providing performance-enhancing drugs to a number of major leaguers, according to two people briefed on the matter.

Major League Baseball has made it known that they will be coming hard after all players linked to the clinic and also those who were considered uncooperative in the investigation. If this report proves true, that would likely put Rodriguez in both categories, making him public enemy No. 1.

Not surprisingly, we've already heard a response from the accused's camp. Terry Fahn, a spokesman for Alex Rodriguez, flatly denied to Yahoo! Sports' Tim Brown that Rodriguez or any of his representatives had purchased documents related to the Biogenesis case.

That's their side of the story, for now. We're sure there will be more to come from A-Rod's camp in the coming days, and we'll also need to hear more from MLB on this matter, including what evidence they have that Rodriguez indeed was the player involved, and why they so strongly feel his intention was to destroy the documents and eliminate evidence.

Rodriguez's motivation to do so would be pretty obvious, but this still has to be considered a heavy accusation that will need to be backed up with facts.

Whew. This story was already crazy enough even before Friday's revelations, and it feels like it's only just getting start.

We suggest you stay tuned.

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