For the first time since 2003, the Yankees’ payroll does not include Alex Rodriguez.

A Yankees spokesman confirmed that A-Rod no longer draws a salary from the team, even though the Yankees’ 2019 media guide lists the three-time American League Most Valuable Player as a special adviser for baseball operations. As The Athletic first reported, the agreement ended last offseason after conversations between A-Rod and Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner.

Since the Yankees released him as a player in 2016, A-Rod had worked sporadically with younger players in the organization and also spoken occasionally for VIPs at Yankee Stadium. He did this through the duration of his player contract, which lasted through 2017, and then last year as well. But Rodriguez’s character rehabilitation has been so successful, with regular baseball broadcasting gigs for FOX and ESPN among many other professional ventures, not to mention his engagement to Jennifer Lopez, that he certainly didn’t need the work or the income.

Nevertheless, A-Rod and the Yankees remain on good terms. When the Yankees went to London last month, Rodriguez attended a clinic, alongside many other prominent Yankees alumni, that Steinbrenner hosted for local youths.

The Yankees, of course, acquired A-Rod from the Rangers in a 2004 blockbuster trade, then re-signed him to a 10-year deal when he opted out after the 2007 season. A-Rod won AL MVP honors as a Yankee in 2005 and 2007.