THE ROD & THE BOD
Alex Rodriguez is sliding into home with another buff blonde. Despite the 46-year-old former Yankee slugger taking a woman who appears to be Dallas-based fitness competitor Kathryne “Kat” Padgett, 25, to two major sporting events over the weekend, sources tell Page Six exclusively that he’s still on the market. “A-Rod is single and enjoying life,” an insider said. “It’s not like she’s his girlfriend. They went to Green Bay and then to Minnesota. She’s not his girlfriend. He is a single dude.” Rodriguez was spotted with the woman at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., on Saturday, as they took in the Packers-49ers game from the freezing stands instead of a heated box.
“He wanted to experience Lambeau Field in the stands,” a second source explained. “He signed autographs and took pictures the entire game.”
The duo, both in Packers hats, was first seen on the 50-yard line in a Fox broadcast. Also at the game was Rodriguez’s nephew Nick Silva, who works with him at A-Rod Corp.
They seemed to continue their athletic weekend together Sunday night, when both were at Minneapolis’ Target Center watching the Timberwolves — the NBA team A-Rod coowns — take on the Brooklyn Nets. Padgett posted pics to her Instagram Stories of herself posing by the court in black leggings, a black leather jacket and a Timberwolves scarf.
A-Rod separately posted photos of himself at the game, as well as a video clip of himself making snow angels by a private jet on a tarmac.
The Spun reported that Padgett also posted pics to her Instagram account that matched up with A-Rod’s attendance at the Green Bay game.
Padgett also may have vacationed in Miami with Rodriguez. She shared a photo from the Florida city taken on a boat that looks similar to his.
Her Instagram bio describes her as a future registered dietician and a former collegiate soccer player. It was unclear how she and Rodriguez met, but he does follow her account.
Padgett is certainly A-Rod’s type — with abs you could bounce a quarter off of. She competes in amateur bodybuilding contests held by the National Physique Committee. A rep for A-Rod didn’t comment, and Padgett hasn’t returned Page Six’s request for comment.
It’s not the first time A-Rod has turned up on the dating scene since breaking off his engagement with Jennifer Lopez in April 2021.
Last summer, he was spotted on a yacht while vacationing in St. Tropez alongside several bikini-clad women.
He was also seen in St. Tropez, and then Ibiza, Spain, with sports reporter
Melanie Collins. The pair was photographed on a yacht and jet-skiing and shopping together — at the same time that J.Lo was floating on her own yacht in the area with new beau Ben Affleck.
There was speculation that Rodriguez and Collins were a couple, but sources told Page Six that they were “just friends” who were introduced by mutual pals Jessie James Decker and her husband, Eric Decker.
Collins was also at A-Rod’s birthday celebration on the French Riviera, but they haven’t been seen together since.
Rodriguez was also once rumored to be dating “Southern Charm” star Madison LeCroy, but LeCroy told Page Six that they had “never been physical . . . never had any kind of anything” and he was just “an acquaintance.”