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s e n s i F Y C wrote:BigLeagueChew wrote:get rid of him
lol overraction much? i'll give stroman the benefit of the doubt, based simply on his personality, that this was a case of unknowingly ingesting supplements that contained a banned substance rather than him being a dirty syringe squirtin cheater.
RapsFanInVA wrote:Glad I'm not a professional athlete because I was just working out with my friend and he gave me a pre-workout drink containing this substance. It just gives you extra energy, and was only recently included in the banned list. I wouldn't consider this "juicing" because to me that's reserved for testosterone and anabolic steroids, but rules are rules. Tough luck for Stroman.
YogiStewart wrote:s e n s i F Y C wrote:BigLeagueChew wrote:get rid of him
lol overraction much? i'll give stroman the benefit of the doubt, based simply on his personality, that this was a case of unknowingly ingesting supplements that contained a banned substance rather than him being a dirty syringe squirtin cheater.
yeah....let me know where he's buying these "supplements".
dude was guilty. there really is no legitimate excuse. can't even plead ignorance.
galacticos2 wrote:MLB needs to introduce an Amnesty clause. Bautista would be my first victim.
YogiStewart wrote:RapsFanInVA wrote:Glad I'm not a professional athlete because I was just working out with my friend and he gave me a pre-workout drink containing this substance. It just gives you extra energy, and was only recently included in the banned list. I wouldn't consider this "juicing" because to me that's reserved for testosterone and anabolic steroids, but rules are rules. Tough luck for Stroman.
the difference is that MLB players are supposed to submit all supplements to MLB for testing.
its written out in black and white for them.
YogiStewart wrote:yeah....let me know where he's buying these "supplements".
dude was guilty. there really is no legitimate excuse. can't even plead ignorance.
“If Stroman had been on the 40-man roster, whether he was at the big league level or had been optioned down to the minor leagues, all he would have gotten was a warning,” Anthopoulos said, striking directly at the key reason this whole damn thing is a non-issue not worth of discussion for half a bloody radio hit. What might have been worth further exploration, however, was when he next explained that “We could have easily just said, ‘he’s getting a call-up in September,’ and this wouldn’t have been announced, he would have got a warning like, I’m sure, a lot of other players around the league have gotten– something like this. We didn’t feel it was the right thing to do. He’s in the minor leagues, and whether it was ignorance, negligence, that’s not an excuse, and unfortunately he has to pay the price for it. Though it wasn’t his intent, we weren’t going to certainly try to circumvent those things, and we’re going to stand by the program.”
galacticos2 wrote:MLB needs to introduce an Amnesty clause. Bautista would be my first victim.
s e n s i F Y C wrote:apparently, according to AA and others, if stroman was on the big league team then he would not have been suspended, but rather only given a warning. so for anyone blowing this out of proportion and ready to write off his career as a jay, tough luck, as it appears this was an example of the most minor of banned-substance related infractions a player could possibly commit.
not to defend such ignorance of course, but this would have been a total non-story if stroman was already with the jays.
from djf“If Stroman had been on the 40-man roster, whether he was at the big league level or had been optioned down to the minor leagues, all he would have gotten was a warning,” Anthopoulos said, striking directly at the key reason this whole damn thing is a non-issue not worth of discussion for half a bloody radio hit. What might have been worth further exploration, however, was when he next explained that “We could have easily just said, ‘he’s getting a call-up in September,’ and this wouldn’t have been announced, he would have got a warning like, I’m sure, a lot of other players around the league have gotten– something like this. We didn’t feel it was the right thing to do. He’s in the minor leagues, and whether it was ignorance, negligence, that’s not an excuse, and unfortunately he has to pay the price for it. Though it wasn’t his intent, we weren’t going to certainly try to circumvent those things, and we’re going to stand by the program.”