Editing Alex Rodriguez (section)

===Draft and minor leagues===
The [[Seattle Mariners]] selected Rodriguez with the [[List of first overall Major League Baseball draft picks|first overall selection]] of the [[1993 Major League Baseball draft]].<ref name="b-r draft" /> The Mariners signed him to a three-year contract worth $1.3&nbsp;million, and a $1&nbsp;million [[signing bonus]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Vecsey |first=David |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/sports/baseball/choosing-to-remember-rodriguez-as-an-18-year-old.html|title=Choosing to Remember Rodriguez as an 18-Year-Old|date=August 3, 2013|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 18, 2018 }}</ref>