The Boston Red Sox will be without pitcher Steven Wright for the first 80 games of the regular season. The 34-year-old tested positive for a growth hormone.
Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright has received an 80-game suspension without pay after testing positive for Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide 2 (GHRP-2), a performance-enhancing substance, in violation of MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) March 6, 2019
The Red Sox released a statement supporting the drug prevention and treatment program and vowing to support Wright during the suspension.
Red Sox statement on Wright's suspension: pic.twitter.com/PmsJlrTi2e
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) March 6, 2019
Wright, of course, denied taking the PEDs intentionally. He claims to not know how they got into his system.
Wright says he has no way to prove he didn’t take them on purpose. You would think he would be able to do that.
All he would have to do is provide whatever vitamins and/or supplements he was taking to see if they were tainted.
Steven Wright: ‘We couldn’t figure out how this substance got into my body. But st the end of the day, it’s my responsibility…It falls on me.’ Wright says he can’t prove it was unintentional, so he accepts he has to serve suspension. Failed an offseason test and appealed.
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) March 6, 2019
Unfortunately we don’t believe him. But we also aren’t sure why a knuckleball pitcher needs PEDs.
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