Sep 01, 2009 2:35 PM EST

Alex Rodriguez may be able to avoid a second surgery on his hip during the offseason.

"Eighty percent no; 20 percent yes," Rodriguez told The Post before sitting out last night's game against the Orioles at Camden Yards. "But you got to call him."

A message left at Dr. Marc Philippon's Colorado office early last evening wasn't immediately returned.

Via New York Post