http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/02/mlb-suspends-free-agent-justin-dowdy/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/02/mlb-suspends-free-agent-justin-dowdy/comment-page-1/#comment-250538 Matt Eddy Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:30:03 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=14058#comment-250538 Independent leagues do not have a history of honoring suspensions handed out to players in affiliated ball. One trusted source informs me that righthander Adam Osteen signed with the <a href="http://www.frontierleague.com/transactions_08-11.php" rel="nofollow">Frontier League's Rockford club</a> after <a href="http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2011/08/mlb-hands-out-two-drug-suspensions/" rel="nofollow">failing a drug test</a> and then being released by the Diamondbacks on July 30. Independent leagues do not have a history of honoring suspensions handed out to players in affiliated ball. One trusted source informs me that righthander Adam Osteen signed with the Frontier League’s Rockford club after failing a drug test and then being released by the Diamondbacks on July 30.

]]> http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/02/mlb-suspends-free-agent-justin-dowdy/comment-page-1/#comment-250006 dave Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:39:22 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=14058#comment-250006 He recently signed with Grand Prairie of the American Association, so it will be interesting to see if the AA honors the suspension. He recently signed with Grand Prairie of the American Association, so it will be interesting to see if the AA honors the suspension.

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