Brian Cashman, the Yankees’ general manager, said it was “not likely” that Alex Rodriguez would miss the 2013 season because of hip surgery. A minor furor erupted Friday after Cashman said in a radio interview with WFAN that it was possible Rodriguez could miss the season. That is not the expected outcome, Cashman said.

“I was asked if it is possible, and I said, ‘Yeah, it’s possible,’ ” Cashman said later Friday. “It’s a complicated surgery, and anything is possible. It’s not the likely outcome. It’s not what the doctors expect.”

Rodriguez had surgery on his left hip on Jan. 16 to repair a torn labrum and to reshape the femoral head of his thigh bone, which fits into the socket.