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Right-hander Jeremy Jeffress, the Brewers' first-round draft pick in 2006, has been suspended for 50 games for using a drug of abuse in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

Jeffress, 19, will serve the first few days of the suspension this week before Class A West Virginia's season comes to an end. The suspension then will carry over to next season.

When players are suspended at both the major league and minor league levels, the particular drug being used is not revealed. Players are tested for performance-enhancing drugs, such as steroids and amphetamines, as well as drugs "of abuse," such as cocaine, heroin and marijuana.

Brewers general manager Doug Melvin released this statement: "The Milwaukee Brewers support Major League Baseball's drug program and its decision to suspend Jeremy Jeffress. The organization takes these matters very seriously and we are in the process of formulating a plan in hopes that Jeremy can redeem himself. Jeremy will be provided every opportunity to get his career back on track through the Brewers' Employee Assistance Program."

Jeffress was enjoying a big season at West Virginia, going 9-5 with a 3.13 ERA in 18 starts. In 86 1/3 innings, he allowed 62 hits and 44 walks, while logging 95 strikeouts.

Jeffress was taken by the Brewers in the first round of the '06 draft out of South Boston (Va.) High School. He received a $1.55 million signing bonus.

goirish2107 wrote:sounds like the kid smoked a little pot. its not going to affect his standing with the brewers, so i could care less. it sure ain't gonna affect his fastball

Ryan5UW wrote:Maybe somebody should put a little something something in supplements and give them to Cappy, then call the league on his ass!

MFScho wrote:Brewers' high school, first round pitching prospects don't seem to work out so hot. Let's hope this isn't the start of the end for Jeffress.

trwi7 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



I'd rather have him be suspended for 50 games than Rogers who I'm not even sure has an arm anymore.

MFScho wrote:Yeah Rogers has pretty much gone the way of the dinosaur in terms of relevancy, but I was also alluding to the Mike Jones & JM Gold disasters.

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Yeah Rogers has pretty much gone the way of the dinosaur in terms of relevancy, but I was also alluding to the Mike Jones & JM Gold disasters. For a franchise that was desperate for talented pitching prospects at the time, I had so much hope invested in those 2. I could only celebrate Rafael Roque and Scott Karl on the major league level oh so much. It's all unimportant now though, Suppan for 3 more years and 30+ million will make any future pitching worries disappear.



Crackheads.

GrandAdmiralDan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



Do they really hand out 50 game suspensions to someone who "smoked a little pot" ?

I'm not saying I condone smoking pot and I'm not trying to trivialize that offense. In fact, I probably see smoking pot as a more serious offense than many would.

But a 50 game suspension seems more severe than what the punishment would be from MLB for that kind of offense. That leaves me with the impression that it was something more serious than that (amphetamines? steroids?).

Then again, I don't know much about MLB's drug policy and likely there are people here who do (perhaps including goirish) and can clarify this.

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It was pot...