ROC NATION SPORTS SWOOPS IN TO RESCUE ALEX RODRIGUEZ FROM YANKEES OTHER ISSUES

ALEX RODRIGUEZ & JAY Z

Team Jay-Z is going to bat for beleaguered Yankee star Alex Rodriguez as he mulls his next career move.
As the circus surrounding the ailing $275 million third baseman’s return to the lineup and a looming Major League Baseball suspension play out, associates of the entertainment mogul-turned-sports agent have been helping Rodriguez out behind the scenes.

Last week, Jordan Siev, a lawyer for Jay-Z’s superstar wife, Beyonce, represented A-Rod in a telephone conference with Yankee brass last Thursday. On the call, Bombers general manager Brian Cashman, president Randy Levine and trainer Tim Lentych discussed with Siev the time frame for the injured Rodriguez’s return to the team.

The call took place the day after Rodriguez dispatched a New Jersey doctor on a media tour to say Rodriguez was healthy and ready to return to the field.

Rodriguez told WFAN he brought Siev on to “make sure everything is documented.”

Rodriguez is also using the flack Ron Berkowitz -- whose public relations firm represents Jay-Z’s new Rock Nation Sports enterprise – as a spokesperson.

Rock Nation was recently approved as a sports agent by MLB and the NBA.

It’s first big score was signing Yankees Robinson Cano and Rodriguez, a longtime friend of the second baseman, is said to have encouraged his pal to make the deal.

Rodriguez is repped by Dan Lozano, a highly respected baseball agent who also reps Albert Pujols and Carlos Beltran. He previously repped Mets star Mike Piazza.

A-Rod and Jay-Z are longtime pals. The two have teamed up for celebrity poker games and charity events, and have been spotted sitting courtside at Knicks games. The rap mogul rode on the championship float with Rodriguez at the Yanks’ 2009 parade, and the ballplayer rang in the new year with Jay-Z and Beyonce in 2011.

In an unusual move, Rodriguez has sidestepped representation by MLB’s players union as he navigates his career crisis.