PED Suspensions Coming

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Per Ken Rosenthal, Robinson Cano will be suspended for 80 games due to steroid use.

He is currently about to be out for several weeks anyway with a broken hand.

I still think the money lost due to drug suspensions should go to charity instead of going back to the team.

[99ct]

5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

an under-perfuming Davis.

I'd say he's over-perfuming. Really stinking up the joint! 

But yeah, pretty awesome leap in logic to go from Cano's suspension to Davis. I wish Rene would share his insight on that one. 

[SeaBird]

11 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I still think the money lost due to drug suspensions should go to charity instead of going back to the team.

You make a great point.  Cano will sit at home in the DR and collect his full salary while the team pays for his services that he is not allowed to perform because he  broke the MLB Joint Drug Policy rules.

https://nypost.com/2018/05/15/robinson-cano-suspended-for-peds-in-baseball-stunner/

[Legend_Of_Joey]

16 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I still think the money lost due to drug suspensions should go to charity instead of going back to the team.

I agree. It's absolutely horrible that a player can cheat (99% of the time, knowingly), get a contract for it, then barely be punished.

[Rene88]

I think most do it. The fans that think Bonds, Clemens and Palmeiro were just isolated cheaters are morons. 

A whole industry to get around testing...

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, SeaBird said:

You make a great point.  Cano will sit at home in the DR and collect his full salary while the team pays for his services that he is not allowed to perform because he  broke the MLB Joint Drug Policy rules.

https://nypost.com/2018/05/15/robinson-cano-suspended-for-peds-in-baseball-stunner/

I don't think so.  From what I understand Cano will make nothing and the team will get refunded his salary.

I don't think the team should ever be in a situation where it would be in their best interest to have a player fail a drug test.

BTW anyone else think it is odd that this comes out just days after he breaks his hand and is going to miss a lot of time anyway?

[Moose Milligan]

Davis needs to do it.  Sheesh.  

3 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

I think most do it. The fans that think Bonds, Clemens and Palmeiro were just isolated cheaters are morons. 

I don't think any fan thinks Bonds, Clemens, Raffy were isolated incidents.  Certainly Bonds and Clemens probably gained the most from doing it but I don't think anyone thinks it was isolated.

[Moose Milligan]

Cano claims it's not a performance enhancing drug, yet it's banned by MLB.  I wonder what MLB thinks the advantage is of taking this stuff.  

[Legend_Of_Joey]

5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think so.  From what I understand Cano will make nothing and the team will get refunded his salary.

I don't think the team should ever be in a situation where it would be in their best interest to have a player fail a drug test.

BTW anyone else think it is odd that this comes out just days after he breaks his hand and is going to miss a lot of time anyway?

Yeah, the timing is pretty odd. So is his statement.

https://twitter.com/RobinsonCano/status/996455255318712320

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Wishcasting.  

(Not that I haven’t had the same thought. )

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Cano claims it's not a performance enhancing drug, yet it's banned by MLB.  I wonder what MLB thinks the advantage is of taking this stuff.  

https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-5512-8043/furosemide-oral/furosemide-oral/details

It's used as a masking agent.

[Aristotelian]

I have to say, we get on Peter about staying away from international markets, but how many times have we heard "my licensed doctor in the Domincan gave it to me"? Either Cano is a cheater or he is extremely stupid for trusting his career to shady people. Either way he deserves the suspension.

[SeaBird]

9 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think so.  From what I understand Cano will make nothing and the team will get refunded his salary.

I don't think the team should ever be in a situation where it would be in their best interest to have a player fail a drug test.

BTW anyone else think it is odd that this comes out just days after he breaks his hand and is going to miss a lot of time anyway?

You are right.  This is from Jerry Crasnick (ESPN).  No salary, no All-Star participation, and ineligible for  post season.  By my count he's out until mid-August.

https://twitter.com/jcrasnick/status/996455916370309120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Fmlb&tfw_site=bleacherreport

[ORIOLE33]

37 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Why would your mind jump to Davis?

I have a list of a half dozen guys off the top of my head I would suspect over an under-performing Davis.

I’ll start the list. 

1. Stanton

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

I have to say, we get on Peter about staying away from international markets, but how many times have we heard "my licensed doctor in the Domincan gave it to me"? Either Cano is a cheater or he is extremely stupid for trusting his career to shady people. Either way he deserves the suspension.

I'd take Cano, shady Dominican doctors and an 80 game suspension all day every day over the Orioles ass backwards approach to stocking a farm system.  

Speaking strictly for myself here, I long ago stopped looking at athletes as a moral compass and examples of making right decisions and staying in the lines.  I assume that most of them are cheaters, knowingly or unknowingly.  As a result, I have little to no expectations from them and it doesn't phase me one bit when this stuff happens.