MLB will test for HGH, monitor testosterone levels

[LittleOzzy]

Major League Baseball will test for human growth hormone throughout the regular season and will step up efforts to track the use of artificial testosterone.

Players were subject to blood testing for HGH during spring training last year, and Thursday's agreement between management and the players' association expands that throughout the season. Those are in addition to urine tests for other performance-enhancing drugs.

Under the changes to baseball's drug agreement, the World Anti-Doping Agency laboratory in Laval, Quebec, will keep records of each player, including his baseline ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, and will conduct Carbon Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) tests of any urine specimens that "vary materially."

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/s ... erone.html

[limegameboy]

Should lead to a lot more suspensions.

[Redeemer]

[James_Raptors]

The same day no-one enters the hall , presumably because some of individuals eligible were linked to PEDs. this announcement is made.

Obviously pure coincidence.

[LLJ]

Oh no. This is horrible for us!

[Ado05]

Ugh, I knew some smart guy was going to post this.

[Redeemer]

if melky got caught, best believe most of the league is on it.

[Kapono]

Im scared that some of our guys may be on HGH. Hopefully they are smart and know how to cover it up.

[Randle McMurphy]

If some Jays are using PEDs, it's far more likely to be something unknown and undetectable. Certainly not HGH which wouldn't give them any kind of real competitive advantage other than healing faster. Pointless testing, indeed.

[Randle McMurphy]

if melky got caught, best believe most of the league is on it.

On what? Melky wasn't caught for HGH use.

[satyr9]

Im scared that some of our guys may be on HGH. Hopefully they are smart and know how to cover it up.

Not trying to be a dick or anything, but this is classic.

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