Alex Rodriguez will face live pitching on Friday for the first time since breaking his left hand on July 24th.

Brian Cashman ruled out the possibility of Rodriguez returning for this weekend's series against the Baltimore Orioles.

"We'll be traveling down to him, so I'm certainly not ruling it out," Cashman said. "But let's see what we see this weekend."

Rodriguez was hitting .276 with 15 homers when he was injured. Eric Chavez has been playing very well in his absence.