The mystery over the failed drug test is over: Injured Cincinnati Reds pitcher Edinson Volquez will be suspended 50 games after testing positive for PEDs.
The news was first reported by SI's Jon Heyman and ended nearly a day of speculation after Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus tweeted that a drug suspension was "imminent" for a then-unknown player.
Volquez is currently recovering from the Tommy John surgery he had last August, but sources tell Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports that the Reds pitcher will not claim he took a banned substance to help shorten his recovery time. He has reportedly told others that he was taking the substance in question for a personal issue related to his ability to reproduce.
Though Volquez's name isn't as big as some might have imagined, the suspension of the Reds righthander still puts him on the list of the highest-profile players to be suspended. Manny Ramirez, J.C. Romero(notes), Guillermo Mota, Jason Grimsley and Neifi Perezare the only other big leaguers to be hit with suspensions of 50 games or longer since the penalties for positive tests were increased in 2006.
Volquez will likely draw his share of criticism for the positive test and skepticism over his reason given, but early signs show that MLB might bear a larger amount of scorn. Volquez's suspension is effective immediately and considering that he was expected to be on the DL through at least July, it doesn't really seem like it qualifies as a suspension at all.
(Volquez will lose 50 games of salary, a total which ESPN's Jerry Crasnick reports to be around $137,000.)
The news was first reported by SI's Jon Heyman and ended nearly a day of speculation after Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus tweeted that a drug suspension was "imminent" for a then-unknown player.
Volquez is currently recovering from the Tommy John surgery he had last August, but sources tell Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports that the Reds pitcher will not claim he took a banned substance to help shorten his recovery time. He has reportedly told others that he was taking the substance in question for a personal issue related to his ability to reproduce.
Though Volquez's name isn't as big as some might have imagined, the suspension of the Reds righthander still puts him on the list of the highest-profile players to be suspended. Manny Ramirez, J.C. Romero(notes), Guillermo Mota, Jason Grimsley and Neifi Perezare the only other big leaguers to be hit with suspensions of 50 games or longer since the penalties for positive tests were increased in 2006.
Volquez will likely draw his share of criticism for the positive test and skepticism over his reason given, but early signs show that MLB might bear a larger amount of scorn. Volquez's suspension is effective immediately and considering that he was expected to be on the DL through at least July, it doesn't really seem like it qualifies as a suspension at all.
(Volquez will lose 50 games of salary, a total which ESPN's Jerry Crasnick reports to be around $137,000.)
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