It sounds like A-Rod won't be waived.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankees/post/_/id/68466/hal-a-rod-an-asset?ex_cid=espnapi_public

New York Yankees
Hal: A-Rod an 'asset'
January, 15, 2014

By Wallace Matthews | ESPNNewYork.com

NEW YORK -- Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner took the high road concerning his wayward third baseman during an interview with a small group of New York reporters at the owners meetings in Phoenix today, calling Alex Rodriguez "a great player" and "obviously an asset."

And while some might say A-Rod has become a pain in the asset to the Yankees, the owner sounded as if he had no intentions of cutting ties with a player to whom he still owes $61 million between now and 2017. "I have not thought about 2015, nor am I going to right now," "My focus has to be right now. But when he’s on and when he’s healthy, he’s obviously an asset. We’ll see what happens."

It was a much more cordial exchange than you might have expected considering the estrangement between the two parties -- A-Rod is suing Yankees team doctor Chris Ahmad for medical malpractice and he and his legal team believe the Yankees were in cahoots with Major League Baseball to run him out of the game and his unwieldy contract