5 Players Suspended (non-Cubbie news)

[texascub]

5 more MiLB players were suspended today for violation of the sterioid policy. D-Backs minor league P Angel Rocha received a 100 game suspension for his 2nd positive test. Angels pitcher Karl Jelinas, Mets pitcher Jorge Reyes, Cards outfielder Yonathan Sivira and Padres pitcher Matthew Varner all received 50-game suspensions. Nice to see these players finally getting caught, though the numbers this early are a little staggering.

 

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[Ding Dong Johnson]

I like those numbers -- 50 & 100.

[Coach C]

I like those numbers -- 50 & 100.

 

Sure beats the hell out of that 10 game suspension, or whatever that was.

[texascub]

I like those numbers -- 50 & 100.

 

Sure beats the hell out of that 10 game suspension, or whatever that was.

 

The old suspensions were only 15 and 30 games; and I agree, the new suspensions are much better. The only problem now is that most of the guys being suspended get the stuff that they test positive for legally. Hopefully the use of whatever it is that they are getting will decline, but for the time being I just don't see a significant decline.

[fromthestretch]

5 more MiLB players were suspended today for violation of the sterioid policy. D-Backs minor league P Angel Rocha received a 100 game suspension for his 2nd positive test. Angels pitcher Karl Jelinas, Mets pitcher Jorge Reyes, Cards outfielder Yonathan Sivira and Padres pitcher Matthew Varner all received 50-game suspensions. Nice to see these players finally getting caught, though the numbers this early are a little staggering.

 

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And we continue to see pitchers suspended for steroids. I love how all the focus in the media continues to be on Bonds and other position players, yet pitchers are just as guilty.

[NorthsideAvenger]

5 more MiLB players were suspended today for violation of the sterioid policy. D-Backs minor league P Angel Rocha received a 100 game suspension for his 2nd positive test. Angels pitcher Karl Jelinas, Mets pitcher Jorge Reyes, Cards outfielder Yonathan Sivira and Padres pitcher Matthew Varner all received 50-game suspensions. Nice to see these players finally getting caught, though the numbers this early are a little staggering.

 

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And we continue to see pitchers suspended for steroids. I love how all the focus in the media continues to be on Bonds and other position players, yet pitchers are just as guilty.

 

They focus on Bonds, because of the name appeal, just like the focused on Sosa. Do I believe both dip into the steroids...no doubt. But there have been rumblings that Eric Gagne had used steroids. And with Ryan Franklin, Juan Rincon, and there was an Indian pitcher---I believe---all suspended last yr, so I don't buy into the media is looking squarely at offensive players as abusers.

[fromthestretch]

5 more MiLB players were suspended today for violation of the sterioid policy. D-Backs minor league P Angel Rocha received a 100 game suspension for his 2nd positive test. Angels pitcher Karl Jelinas, Mets pitcher Jorge Reyes, Cards outfielder Yonathan Sivira and Padres pitcher Matthew Varner all received 50-game suspensions. Nice to see these players finally getting caught, though the numbers this early are a little staggering.

 

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And we continue to see pitchers suspended for steroids. I love how all the focus in the media continues to be on Bonds and other position players, yet pitchers are just as guilty.

 

They focus on Bonds, because of the name appeal, just like the focused on Sosa. Do I believe both dip into the steroids...no doubt. But there have been rumblings that Eric Gagne had used steroids. And with Ryan Franklin, Juan Rincon, and there was an Indian pitcher---I believe---all suspended last yr, so I don't buy into the media is looking squarely at offensive players as abusers.

 

Most stories and reports of steroids focus on position players and/or the number of home runs being hit. The most you ever hear about the pitchers is simply their name at or around the time of their suspension.

 

All the rants are about how home run numbers are inflated. You rarely, if ever, hear anyone talk about how there have been just as many pitchers suspended at the major league level and more pitchers than position players suspended in the last year at the minor league level.

 

The primary reason for this is most likely the fact that you can measure the number of home runs. There's no statistic to tell us that Joe Southpaw is stronger on three days rest than most pitchers because he's on steroids.