06-26-2009, 11:28 PM
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<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Brewers prospect Jeffress suspended 100 games
Posted: Jun. 26, 2009 8:24 p.m.
Right-hander Jeremy Jeffress, rated by many as the top pitching prospect in the Brewers' farm system, has drawn a 100-game suspension for testing positive for a second time for a "substance of abuse."
The penalty leaves Jeffress, 21, one positive test away from a lifetime ban under the Minor League Drug Treatment and Prevention program.
Substances are not revealed under the minor league drug program but Jeffress admitted in the past to testing positive for marijuana near the end of the 2007 season, while pitching for Class A West Virginia. He received a 50-game suspension at the time, which carried over to the 2008 season.
Later that year, Jeffress tested positive for marijuana in a club-administered test that did not come with a suspension penalty. Under baseball’s minor league program, players receive 50-game suspensions for a first offense, 100 games for the second and a lifetime ban for the third, for both performance-enhancing drugs and “substances of abuse.”
Because Brevard had only 75 games remaining in its 140-game season, Jeffress' suspension will carry over to the 2010 season.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They can really suspend minor leaguers 50 or 100 games for smoking pot? Is there an MLB rule on such a thing?
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Brewers prospect Jeffress suspended 100 games
Posted: Jun. 26, 2009 8:24 p.m.
Right-hander Jeremy Jeffress, rated by many as the top pitching prospect in the Brewers' farm system, has drawn a 100-game suspension for testing positive for a second time for a "substance of abuse."
The penalty leaves Jeffress, 21, one positive test away from a lifetime ban under the Minor League Drug Treatment and Prevention program.
Substances are not revealed under the minor league drug program but Jeffress admitted in the past to testing positive for marijuana near the end of the 2007 season, while pitching for Class A West Virginia. He received a 50-game suspension at the time, which carried over to the 2008 season.
Later that year, Jeffress tested positive for marijuana in a club-administered test that did not come with a suspension penalty. Under baseball’s minor league program, players receive 50-game suspensions for a first offense, 100 games for the second and a lifetime ban for the third, for both performance-enhancing drugs and “substances of abuse.”
Because Brevard had only 75 games remaining in its 140-game season, Jeffress' suspension will carry over to the 2010 season.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They can really suspend minor leaguers 50 or 100 games for smoking pot? Is there an MLB rule on such a thing?