Urdaneta Will Sit Out 50 Games



Mets righthander Lino Urdaneta was suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, the office of the commissioner of baseball announced today

Urdaneta, 27, has spent much of the season with Triple-A New Orleans, but received a brief big league callup in early May when Orlando Hernandez went on the disabled list. Urdaneta also pitched for the Tigers in 2004, though he didn’t record an out.

Signed by the Dodgers out of Venezuela in 1996, Urdaneta was taken by the Tigers from the Indians in the 2003 major league Rule 5 draft. The Indians had signed him just a month prior. He’s gone 29-32, 4.01 with 292-162 strikeouts-walks in 476 minor league innings coming into the year.



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