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01/09 14:38 CST Free agent outfielder Max Kepler suspended 80 games by MLB
following positive drug test
Free agent outfielder Max Kepler suspended 80 games by MLB following positive
drug test
NEW YORK (AP) --- Free agent outfielder Max Kepler was suspended for 80 games
on Friday following a positive test for a banned performance-enhancing
substance in violation of Major League Baseball's drug program.
Kepler tested positive for Epitrenbolone, a substance that led to a suspension
in 2018 for boxer Manuel Charr and caused the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to
announced the following year it had disqualified 90-year-old cyclist Carl Grove
from a world record he had set at the 2018 Masters Track National Championship.
Epitrenbolone is a metabolite of Trenbolone, which is contained in some
products used in body-building stores and had been used in products to promote
cattle growth.
Kepler, who turns 33 next month, is an 11-year major league veteran, who spent
last season with the Philadelphia Phillies after playing his first 10 seasons
with the Minnesota Twins.
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