The New York Times is reporting that José Canseco offered to keep Magglio Ordóñez out of his next book if he invested money in a film project Canseco was promoting, according to a person in baseball with knowledge of the situation.

Canseco has said he was working on a movie regarding his book “Juiced” which is presumably the film project he was referring to.

The Times writes that four people in baseball confirmed that referrals were made from Major League Baseball to the F.B.I. regarding Canseco’s actions relating to All-Star outfielder Magglio Ordóñez.

Canseco denies he or any of his associates ever asked Ordóñez for money to keep his name out of a book titled “Vindicated.” that Canseco has been shopping. Don Yaeger, a former Sports Illustrated associate editor who reviewed all of Canseco’s materials in December quit the book project at the end of December.

Canseco had said he has “explosive” information regarding Alex Rodriguez in his upcoming book but Yaeger questioned many of the accusations Canseco was preparing to make.

Jose Canseco had been making claims of having a blockbuster story to reveal about Alex Rodriguez in his upcoming book “Vindicated”, however a potential editor does not seem to agree, ESPN reports.

Former Sports Illustrated associate editor Don Yaeger has decided to pass on the opportunity to work with Canseco.

“I’m passing,” Yaeger told the New York Daily News. “I had a chance to review the Jose Canseco [material] that he provided me. I don’t think there’s a book there. I don’t know what they’re going to do. I don’t think he’s got what he claims to have, certainly doesn’t have what he claims to have on A-Rod. There’s no meat on the bones.”

Jose Canseco is quoted in the New York Daily News regarding Alex Rodriguez’s omission from the Mitchell Report.

“All I can say is the Mitchell Report is incomplete,” Canseco said. “I could not believe that (Rodriguez’s) name was not in the report.”

“A-Rod wasn’t the only player missing, according to Canseco, who tried to attend Mitchell’s press conference at the Grand Hyatt on Thursday, only to be turned away by MLB officials since he was not a member of the media.