Earlier this morning we brought you the results from the
previous season’s steroid and performance enhancing drug testing done by Major
League Baseball and now we bring you a bit of news regarding those 15 failed
drug tests out of the 8,281 tests given and what it could mean to those whole try to “beat the train”
again in 2017. The testing is getting harder and more frequent in the new
collective bargaining agreement and the penalties are too.
The suspension for a second stimulant violation, such as
Adderall, is going up from 25 games to 50 games while a third violation is now
a 100-game suspension, up from 80 games just a season ago. You better get that
medical exemption if you want to use Adderall, just saying. A fourth suspension
is an automatic permanent ban from the game of Major League Baseball.
You may take your case to an arbitrator to get your
penalties decreased, the arbitrator can decrease the suspension to as little as
30 games which is down from 40 games just a season ago, as a first-time offender
but you must prove that the stimulant found in your urine was there and “not
your fault.” However you do that. I guess by pulling a David Ortiz and buying
“some supplement from the mall at some damn GNC” while hugging the
Commissioner… again, just saying.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)