The Yankees retired Andy Pettitte's number in 2015; years after it became public knowledge that Pettitte was a steroid user and got dragged into the legal problems of that time over it.
The Yankees determined that steroid use is not a disqualifier for number retirement, nor is bad publicity in regards to it.
So... why wouldn't A-Rod's be retired, if the Yankees will retire the numbers of Steroid users? He was a far better player than Pettitte.
Seems like common sense that he would, thus, both qualify and merit number retirement.
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