The legal team of embattled New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has asked a federal judge in New York to block the subpoena of records from his PR advisor Sitrick and Company.

Sitrick chief Michael Sitrick also argued, among other claims, in a brief that his records related to Rodriguez are privileged because the player's legal team hired him.

Major League Baseball, which has suspended Rodriguez for a record 211 games, last month asked a judge to subpoena the PR records in the league's arbitration hearing for Rodriguez' appeal.

MLB alleges that Sitrick leaked documents from a Florida clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs to Yahoo! Sports, which penned a story about players involved with the clinic, Biogenesis.

Rodriguez' lawyers, in seeking to quash the subpoena, argued in their court filing that MLB is out to destroy the former MVP's public reputation.

Bloomberg reported that Sitrick's lawyers also said the PR executive can't be compelled to fly to New York to testify, but he would not oppose giving a deposition in California.