Jose Guillen facing 50 Game Suspension; why he wasn't included on playoff roster

[Crazysilver03]

NY Times

Jose Guillen, the San Francisco Giants outfielder, was kept off the team’s postseason roster shortly after federal authorities informed Major League Baseball that he was tied to an investigation into shipments of performance-enhancing drugs, according to several lawyers briefed on the matter.

This is not the first time that Guillen, 34, has been tied to performance-enhancing drugs. In 2007, The San Francisco Chronicle reported that between May 2002 and June 2005 Guillen bought more than $19,000 worth of H.G.H. and other drugs from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center

This definitely explains why Rowand made the playoff roster.

With him being a free agent, I wonder who would sign him knowing they aren't going to have him for 50 games. This might be the end for him.

[PaulFolk]

This might be the best thing that could've happened to the Giants. If Guillen had been on the postseason roster he probably would've started ahead of Cody Ross, who has ended up being stellar.

[scOtt]

Yeah, but Guillen has never failed any tests so he must be innocent.

No testing for HGH, not in the majors anyways.