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Mariners VSL Player Suspended

Posted Jun. 18, 2010 4:49 pm by John Manuel
Filed under: Suspensions

Major League Baseball has suspended righthander Jose Mendoza of the Mariners organization for 50 games for testing positive for Nandrolone, a performance-enhancer, in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment program. Mendoza, 17, was pitching in the Rookie-level Venezuelan Summer League at the time of the suspension.

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Another suspension announced on a late Friday afternoon..
John-
It seems that Hispanic players test positive at a much disproportionate rate. Does MLB have programs in place to educate non-English speaking players? This article about the three Braves players who were suspended earlier this season says that the organization does not even have a Spanish speaking translator to tell the players what the trainers say during their spring training briefings. The players are supposed to rely on bilingual teammates to interpret the intricacies of MLB's drug policy.
http://tinyurl.com/29hu6yj

Posted by dave | June 18, 2010 at 6:29 pm | Shortcut

Dave thanks for the link. This certainly isn’t new; I don’t quite know why this keeps happening. I do believe teams are trying to educate their players; they don’t want the players to be suspended, they want them playing. I think it’s harder than it might seem to get through to players what they can use and what they cannot.

Posted by John Manuel | June 18, 2010 at 10:14 pm | Shortcut

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