Alex Rodriguez's legal team will challenge Major League Baseball's assertion that the embattled slugger has committed multiple violations of its drug policy, the New York Yankees third baseman's lawyer said Tuesday.

MLB suspended Rodriguez for 211 games earlier this month for what baseball alleged was his use of banned substances over "multiple years," among other violations.

Rodriguez's attorney, David Cornwell, said Tuesday in an interview with New York radio station WFAN that Rodriguez's legal team will challenge that allegation during its appeal of the suspension.