Major League Baseball is prepared to hand a lifetime suspension to Alex Rodriguez, according to two sources.

The ban could come as soon as this weekend.

"I hope he does it," former Commissioner Fay Vincent said of Selig's intentions. "It's right for baseball. The harder he comes down, the better it is for baseball."

Rodriguez, who used performance-enhancing drugs from 2010-12, according to Biogenesis documents, has never been punished for doping.

Rodriguez will appeal any suspension given to him by the MLB.