O's acquire Alec Asher - RHP

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, ArtVanDelay said:

Dumb parents. 

Probably.  Very small chance it was really bad luck.

It's a bit surprising that they will even do the operation on someone whose arm isn't fully developed.

[weams]

1 minute ago, wildcard said:

Asher, officials from MLB said, tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, an anabolic steroid.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/phillies/Phillies-pitcher-Alec-Asher-suspended-80-games.html

That's the Blue Jays stuff!

[weams]

Just now, weams said:

That's the Blue Jays stuff!

"Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone" is also known as "Oral Turinabol". As the name implies, it's taken as a pill. It was developed and patented in 1961 by an East German Pharmaceutical company and used as a performance enhancing anabolic steroid for decades (known as "State Plan 14.25", the extent and success of EG doping wasn't fully understood until the 1990's). Its one of those PEDs that's mainly responsible for all those Communist gold medals handed out from then until tests were developed to detect it. It's a bit unique in that it's formulated so as to NOT cause the user to grow breasts. It does this by suppressing the feminizing hormone estrogen. If you're a woman taking this stuff, over time you're going to look and sound like a dude. Deep voice. Body hair. Acne. Inability to see dirt on furniture or dishes in a sink. In addition to these traits, you'll also grow bigger muscles, gain speed, have much better endurance, and fancy a hammer drill as an accessory. As anyone can tell, the attraction to it for male athletes is going to be pretty profound.

Now, why NO ONE should be taking this crap.

First, these days it's not made by a pharmaceutical company any longer. It was discontinued as a sanitarily produced, quality controlled, dose accurate compound back in 1994. It is only available through black market labs. Most, if not all, of these are going to have dubious sanitary quality control, dose accuracy, and even compound/drug formulation quality. You stand an excellent chance of poisoning yourself or becoming stupidly stomach sick. Then, should you actually get some of the real thing in a dose that's correct and that won't render you confined to your bathroom with The Scours, you stand an excellent chance of destroying your liver. Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone is well known to be very hard on the liver and many of the Eastern Bloc athletes dosed with it (often without their knowledge) suffered hepatic (liver) and renal (kidney) failure in later life as a result. Few lived long full lives after being on a regime of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.

 

[weams]

http://www.yoursteroids.com/oral-steroids/cutting-oral-steroids/turanabol-tabs

Turanabol refers to an oral steroid developed in the early 60’s. The Yenapharm Company was the brain behind the development of this drug. One important attribute to note about this steroid is that mostly, it has an anabolic action over organisms. Consequently, it is safe to say that as a steroid, this drug does not cause rapid gain in muscle mass, weight, and strength. Instead, the achievable results normally manifest themselves in solid muscle gain. If consumed for a number of weeks, the drug is excellent for strength gain.

 

Certainly, athletes do not get as puffy look as when they use Anadrol 50, Dianabol, and Testosterone. This steroid is also brilliant for both women and men who are involved in competition. So what makes this drug that popular? Well, the main reason for its high popularity is the fact that the body usually breaks it down real time. The metabolites are relatively excreted quickly through urine. As an answer to the American d-bol, Turanabol was developed in Eastern Germany.

 

Dosage

 

For men that want to effortlessly build a huge and solid muscle mass, use 40 - 50 mg daily. The strength gain is undoubtedly worth seeing. If you consume this recommended daily dosage, you will experience low water retention. Additionally, the estrogen caused side effects shall be rare. This drug is highly popular among the weightlifters and power lifters that appreciate the above-mentioned characteristics.

 

For women, do not exceed a daily dosage of twenty mg.

 

Side Effects

 

Continued use of this drug can cause the following neurological disorders:

 

• Confusion
• Depression
• Insomnia
• Excitation
• Reduced glucose tolerance
• Increased low-density lipoproteins levels
• High blood pressure and water retention (in some athletes)
• Uncontrolled aggressive behavior
• Gastrointestinal pain

 

Other side effects include:

 

• Hot flashes
• Blurred visions
• Flashing or flickering
• Occasional visual disturbances
• Inadequate liver functions
• Enlargement of the ovaries (in women)
• Reduced testosterone production (in men)
• Gynecomastia

 

Detection Times

 

A huge controversy exists on this matter. According to some sources, Turanabol depot is normally detectable up to eighteen months while oral Turanabol is detectable close to twelve months. All these are in a worst-case scenario. Other folks in other forums reveal that six to eight weeks is more than enough.

 

Nonetheless, it is simply not understandable where the large numbers were assembled from. Indeed, doping tests infrequently reveal chlordehydromethyl-testosterone. The most likely scenario is that the mistake must have happened due to the fact that athletes used long-living substances such as deca long together with this drug.

 

The sad reality is that most of the drug descriptions available online about Turanabol were fake. This led to some serious misuse among many folks. The good thing is that the mess was quickly and effectively done away with which led to the drastic reduction in Turanabol misuse.

 

Conclusions/Observations

 

Turanabol is undoubtedly effective if used in the right way. That is for sure. Always use this drug within the recommended dosage levels.

 

[Can_of_corn]

So he's not the brightest cheat out there.

Or maybe he just couldn't afford the good stuff.

[SteveA]

9 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Well that and the fact that he...

So none of the anti-PED guys can like the deal. 

Maybe he's learned his lesson.

I'm all about second chances.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, SteveA said:

Maybe he's learned his lesson.

I'm all about second chances.

It doesn't bother me in the first place.  Although his choice of steroid raises some questions.

[weams]

Dan does not care about roids.

 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, weams said:

Dan does not care about roids.

 

Doesn't matter if he's 6'4" if he plays like he's 5'8".

[25 Nuggets]

So let's review:

• mediocre velocity
• low strikeout rate
• had surgery
• busted for PEDs
• didn't take the right PEDs
• has options

what's not to like about this guy? 

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, MDtransplant757 said:

How fast does the new guy thorw?

According to Brooksbaseball:

Alec Asher threw 876 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2016, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph), Fourseam Fastball (90mph), Slider (81mph) and Curve (80mph).

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, weams said:

"Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone" is also known as "Oral Turinabol". . If you're a woman taking this stuff, over time you're going to look and sound like a dude. Deep voice. Body hair. Acne. Inability to see dirt on furniture or dishes in a sink.

This made me literally LOL

[Going Underground]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Well that and the fact that he...

So none of the anti-PED guys can like the deal. 

Not this guy. Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Baltimore Orioles

[thezeroes]

29 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

According to Brooksbaseball:

Alec Asher threw 876 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2016, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph), Fourseam Fastball (90mph), Slider (81mph) and Curve (80mph).

If yu don't mind I will add the remaining part of Brooksbaseball's discription>

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2017, Alec Asher threw 876 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2016, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph), Fourseam Fastball (90mph), Slider (81mph) and Curve (80mph).

Basic description of 2016 pitches compared to other RHP:
His sinker is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has slightly below average velo. His change has a lot of backspin, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slightly below average velo. His fourseam fastball has slightly below average velo. His slider is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders, has below average velo and has some two-plane movement. His curve is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves.

[scOtt]

Late to the thread. Decidedly a flyball pitcher until suddenly last year. But last year was only 64 innings and 12 starts. He's only 25. Can't hurt.