According to M.L.B., of the 30,000 drug tests it conducts around the world each season, 0.2 percent are positive for performance-enhancing substances, half of which are from players from the Dominican Republic.įor every Robinson Canó, Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colón who tested positive, many more Dominican minor leaguers have been caught. Since 2005, there have been 1,308 positive cases among major and minor league players. Tatis’s positive test - a jarring event because of his status as an emerging superstar - is just the latest example of a distressing phenomenon among players from the Dominican Republic. of the San Diego Padres got an 80-game suspension in August for testing positive for a banned performance-enhancer, Mejia said he wanted to give the 23-year-old Tatis - or any suspended player - some unsolicited advice. Since then, Mejia has spoken frequently to younger players about the dangers of steroids and how they derailed his career. Commissioner Rob Manfred for his actions, and he was conditionally reinstated, though he has yet to make it back to the majors. The lifetime ban was reversed two years later, after Mejia apologized to M.L.B. Mejia, then in his mid-20s, reacted rashly to the punishment and accused M.L.B. players’ union agreed on suspensions for first-time offenders beginning in 2005, no player has been disciplined more than he has: His third positive test, which came in 2016, triggered a lifetime ban. Since Major League Baseball and the M.L.B.
Once a promising young closer for the Mets, Mejia, 33, can speak from experience. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Whenever he hears about another baseball player from the Dominican Republic testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs, an all-too-common occurrence among his countrymen, Jenrry Mejia feels the same intense emotions: sadness and empathy.
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