A-Rod quietly joins Twitter, tweets injury update
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez joined Twitter on May 31, but he’s gone relatively unnoticed, with a small number of followers at least relative to what there should be for the youngest player ever to reach 500 home runs.
But this tweet from the injured 37-year-old caused a bit of a stir Tuesday:
Visit from Dr. Kelly over the weekend, who gave me the best news – the green light to play games again! http://t.co/RuzfXOJjHI
— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) June 25, 2013
The premature rehab announcement enraged Yankees GM Brian Cashman, who said, “You know what, when the Yankees want to announce something, [we will]. Alex should just shut the f— up. That’s it. I’m going to call Alex now.”
Yikes.
Even after this controversy, however, A-Rod still has only 44,000 followers.
Other baseball players, however, haven’t gone quite as unnoticed. Here’s a list of the most-followed players on each MLB team:
Arizona Diamondbacks: Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) — 117,191 followers
Atlanta Braves: Jason Heyward (@JasonHeyward) — 174,966 followers
Baltimore Orioles: Adam Jones (@SimplyAJ10) — 117,352 followers
Boston Red Sox: David Ortiz (@davidortiz) — 427,654 followers
Chicago Cubs: Edwin Jackson (@EJ36) — 20,083 followers
Chicago White Sox: Jake Peavy (@JakePeavy_44) — 48,001 followers
Cincinnati Reds: Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) — 717,561 followers
Cleveland Indians: Nick Swisher (@NickSwisher) — 1,670,095 followers
Colorado Rockies: Michael Cuddyer (@mcuddy3) — 68,562 followers
Detroit Tigers: Justin Verlander (@JustinVerlander) — 372,523 followers
Houston Astros: Jose Altuve (@JoseAltuve27) — 29,661 followers
Kansas City Royals: Jeremy Guthrie (@TheRealJGuts) — 56,461 followers
Los Angeles Angels: Mike Trout (@Trouty20) — 314,353 followers
Los Angeles Dodgers: Matt Kemp (@TheRealMattKemp) — 319,617 followers
Miami Marlins: Logan Morrison (@LoMoMarlins) — 122,033 followers
Milwaukee Brewers: Nyjer Morgan (@TheRealTPlush) — 78,705 followers
Minnesota Twins: Vance Worley (@VANIMAL_49) — 54,149 followers
New York Mets: Johan Santana (@johansantana) — 170,132 followers
New York Yankees: Robinson Cano (@RobinsonCano) — 384,971 followers
Oakland Athletics: Josh Reddick (@joshreddick16) — 52,432 followers
Philadelphia Phillies: Jimmy Rollins (@JimmyRollins11) — 179,519 followers
Pittsburgh Pirates: Andrew McCutchen (@TheCUTCH22) — 168,506 followers
San Diego Padres: Yonder Alonso (@YonderalonsoU) — 14,921 followers
San Francisco Giants: Hunter Pence (@hunterpence) — 192,648 followers
Seattle Mariners: Felix Hernandez (@RealKingFelix) — 151,472 followers
St. Louis Cardinals: David Freese (@dfreese23) — 202,051 followers
Tampa Bay Rays: Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) — 176,579 followers
Texas Rangers: Yu Darvish (@faridyu) — 917,606 followers
Toronto Blue Jays: Jose Bautista (@JoeyBats19) — 355,115 followers
Washington Nationals: Bryce Harper (@Bharper3407) — 275,918 followers
