I'll put him on stiff days order That trip north — likely a road game with Double-A Trenton — comes in the wake of A-Rod’s refusal to join Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in Buffalo on Saturday and remain in Tampa instead. Rodriguez seemed surprised that reporters were aware of his refusal to go to Buffalo. “I’ll have to check with that, I’m just happy that I played in a game today. This is news to me,” he said. “I’m just happy that the weather came through for all of us. I played a full game and I’m just happy to be back out there and on schedule.”