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Team employees can also be suspended or fined for substances found in the clubhouse or dugout. MLB will issue 10-game suspensions for pitchers found with foreign substances; pitchers face ...
The post MLB World Reacts To First Pitcher Substance Ejection appeared first on The Spun. You would think with the way MLB umpires have been checking pitchers for foreign substances, guys would be ...
The post Rob Manfred Speaks Out On Sticky-Substance Crackdown appeared first on The Spun. Major League Baseball began its crackdown on unauthorized grip substances this week with in-game checks of ...
Houston Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco was issued a 10-game suspension Wednesday after a "sticky substance" was discovered on his glove. Blanco, 30, was ejected from Tuesday night's game against the ...
Beau Sulser of the Indianapolis Indians submits to a random, routine check for foreign substances after an inning of a game on June 27, 2021.. The 2021 pitch doctoring controversy arose in Major League Baseball (MLB) around pitchers' use of foreign substances, such as the resin-based Spider Tack, to improve their grip on the baseball and the spin rate on their pitches.
Milwaukee Brewers star Ryan Braun, who had a drug-related suspension overturned in 2011, made a deal with MLB and accepted a 65-game ban. Two weeks later, New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez was suspended through the 2014 season (211 games), and 12 other players were suspended for 50 games. It was the most players ever suspended at one time by ...
MLB announced Wednesday that it has fined and suspended New York Mets reliever Drew Smith for 10 games after he was ejected for a sticky-substance violation Tuesday against the New York Yankees.
In February 2004, Major League Baseball announced a new drug policy which originally included random, offseason testing and 10-day suspensions for first-time offenders, 30 days for second-time offenders, 60 days for third-time offenders, and one year for fourth-time offenders, all without pay, in an effort to curtail performance-enhancing drug use (PED) in professional baseball.