Well, now that my beloved Kentucky Wildcats are out of the NCAA Tournament, it's time to focus all my attention on the baseball season. (Props to my alma mater Dayton Flyers making the NIT Final Four, but come on, it's the NIT).
Let's catch up on a few important stories from the weekend:
-A.J. Pollock is out 3 months after having elbow surgery. He wasn't going to be coming back to South Bend anyhow, but with him being out, it may bump up someone slated for the Silver Hawks.
-Nick Piecoro also did a piece on Marc Krauss late last week. You can read it here.
-Mark Haley's latest blog entry discusses his family coming to visit and drug testing in Spring Training. How would you like to pee in a cup with somebody watching?
-Finally, Daniel Vasquez has been released by the Diamondbacks. Vasquez pitched for South Bend last year, going 4-1 with a 4.57 ERA. However, he tested positive for a performance enhancing drug in the offseason, and was going to be suspended 50 games to begin this year anyhow.
I'll have more later today with Pete's last report from Spring Training.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Daniel Vasquez Suspended 50 Games
Whenever I see the headline "Four Minor Leaguers Suspended", I think about how idiotic it is that people are still getting busted for performance enhancing drugs in baseball. I then click on the link to see what names are listed this time.
Unfortunately today, the name was one that we all know. Daniel Vasquez, relief pitcher for the Silver Hawks in 2009, was suspended 50 games after testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance. Vasquez was 4-1 with a 4.57 ERA last season, pitching mostly in relief.
That's all the information I have right now. Sometimes positive tests can be a result of taking a supplement that you didn't know contained the banned ingredient. Then again, sometimes it is a result of doing something you aren't supposed to be doing. I won't judge Vasquez without the facts.
All I know is that he's suspended for the next 50 games, beginning on Opening Day 2010. For a guy who will be 24 when next season starts, has never pitched above low-A, and had an ERA over 4.50 last year, a positive test doesn't bode well for his future in baseball.
Unfortunately today, the name was one that we all know. Daniel Vasquez, relief pitcher for the Silver Hawks in 2009, was suspended 50 games after testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance. Vasquez was 4-1 with a 4.57 ERA last season, pitching mostly in relief.
That's all the information I have right now. Sometimes positive tests can be a result of taking a supplement that you didn't know contained the banned ingredient. Then again, sometimes it is a result of doing something you aren't supposed to be doing. I won't judge Vasquez without the facts.
All I know is that he's suspended for the next 50 games, beginning on Opening Day 2010. For a guy who will be 24 when next season starts, has never pitched above low-A, and had an ERA over 4.50 last year, a positive test doesn't bode well for his future in baseball.
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