According to Mike Rodriguez (@MikeDeportes), Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for a banned substance. The 80-game suspension is in accordance with MLB’s PED policy, and per an official MLB statement, Profar will be suspended effective immediately, without pay, after testing positive for Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG). The...
Pierre Noujaim of Fox 9 Minneapolis reports the Minnesota Twins have re-signed RHP Michael Pineda to a two year $20 million deal. Pineda has missed the entirety of the 2018 season due to both his Tommy John rehab and his suffering a torn meniscus. He’d have a strong season with his leading all Twins starting pitchers in K/BB before his season ended due to a 60 game suspension after testing...
Roster Crunch Takes It Toll With many teams trying to protect guys from the Rule 5 draft deadline tonight at 8pm ET, there were a handful of players around the MLB who were designated for assignment today. The Oakland A’s have DFA’d Jharel Cotton. The 27-year-old has not pitched in the majors in over two years as he looks to get back to the successful pitcher he was in 2016 when he...
Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports is reporting that the most recent deal discussed between the Mets and Mariners has Anthony Swarzak and Jay Bruce both included to offset the money of Robinson Cano’s contract (5 years, $120 million). Passan reports that the deal would also likely include at least two prospects/players. The group of players being discussed has been previously reported as RHP...
The New York Mets released Jenrry Mejia on Tuesday afternoon despite a strong winter ball campaign for the Toros del Este in the Dominican Republic. Mejia, 29, was given a conditional reinstatement in July that allowed him to pitch in two minor league games to close out the 2018 season. The move clears a potential 40-Man roster spot that he would have needed upon his return from the...
Former ACES employee Juan Carlos Nunez went to jail for his role in the Melky Cabrera fake website and PED case in 2012. Now, he has filed a bombshell lawsuit against Seth and Sam Levinson of ACES, alleging that not only were they aware of PED use, but directed players on how to obtain PEDs. Mets pitcher Jeurys Familia is a client of ACES and says he never received PEDs from Juan Carlos Nunez or...
Who will take the next trip to Cooperstown? On Monday, the Baseball Hall of Fame and Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced the 2018 Hall-of-Fame ballot. Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Omar Vizquel, Johan Santana and Jamie Moyer highlight the group of players that are on the ballot for the first time. They will join Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens who are on the ballot for the sixth...
In what can only be deemed a ridiculous formality, suspended relief pitcher Jenrry Mejia and the New York Mets agreed on Tuesday to a one-year contract worth $1,976,000. Because he was given a lifetime ban from baseball after testing positive for a PED for the third time, Mejia will not collect one red cent of this deal. Mejia, 27, remains on the Mets restricted list and because he has four...
In an exclusive interview, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred spoke with Daily News columnist John Harper, and also spoke candidly about the Mets GM. Asked whether he thought New York has become a Mets town as opposed to a Yankees one, Manfred offered some high praise for the Mets and Sandy Alderson in particular. “I think the Mets have made amazing strides in the past few years,” Manfred...
Mets closer Jeurys Familia set a franchise record for saves in a single season on Wednesday night, pitching a perfect ninth inning to seal the team’s 5-2 victory over the Miami Marlins at Citi Field. Familia earned his 44th save and surpassed the previous record of 43 held by himself and Armando Benitez who set the mark back in 2001. “I just want to thank God for giving me the...
After a third failed PED test, Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia threw his entire career away for his continued use of banned substances. At the age of 26, he received a lifetime ban from baseball on February 12, essentially ending his MLB career. In an earlier MMO article, different avenues were examined as to the reason why Mejia tested for PED use a third time despite his professed innocence. As...
Latest Update: Jenrry Mejia told Dominican Republic reporter Hector Gomez the following tonight, in reaction to the lifetime ban by MLB. “I will appeal (the lifetime ban) win or lose, and I have a lot of faith. I have to clear my name. I will not stand by with my arms crossed and fully intend to take this case to the bitter end.” “It is not how they (MLB) say, I am very certain...
