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Updated at 9:05 a.m., Sunday, April 12, 2009

MLB: Rodriguez to report Monday to Yankees' complex

Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alex Rodriguez will report today to the New York Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Fla., to continue his rehabilitation from right hip surgery.

Rodriguez had surgery March 9 in Vail, Colo., to remove an impingement in the joint and drain a cyst in the hip.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Rodriguez would stretch, do agility work, light jogging, take some grounders, hit off a tee and take soft toss swings on Monday.

With the Yankees opening a series Monday night at Tampa Bay, Girardi said he expects Rodriguez to be at the game.

The three-time MVP is expected to return to the lineup in May. Rodriguez hit .302 with an American League-leading .573 slugging percentage last season.