Sixteen of the last 20 major leaguers suspended for PEDs are from the island
and be suspended for 80 games just as he was about to return from injury in the heat of a playoff race, with his team bolstered by trade-deadline acquisitions primed to make a World Series run in a city desperate for its first major sports title.
Houston … and New York … and Pittsburgh … and San Diego … and everywhere else with a major league franchise, we have a problem. “Everyone knows the problem that exists in the Dominican Republic,” Erick Almonte, a minor-leaguer from the DR who had a steroid suspension overturned,a few years ago. “You can get these substances without a prescription. I know there aren’t that many opportunities in our country, and although we know they’re prohibited, we keep trying to cheat the system. I hope that our mentality changes.”
There are two reasons, one psychological, one physical. The drugs become a mental crutch because they work, making them bigger, stronger, faster. And if you keep juicing, your body halts its natural production of testosterone like a house’s thermostat shuts off central heating when you light the fireplace.
J.C. Mejia, Pedro Severino, Ramon Laureano, Gregory Santos, Robinson Cano, Francis Martes, Michael Pineda, Frankie Montas, Welington Castillo, Jorge Polanco, Jorge Bonifacio, Starling Marte and now Tatis Jr. … all popped in the last five years.
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