Jorge Polanco suspended 80 games

[Pablo]

Minnesota has been fairly active on the FA market this offseason, especially late, picking up Lynn & Odorizzi - gotta think this is a pretty heavy blow to them. Other than Eric Aybar, not sure who they have who can step up. Any opportunities to exploit?

[Warfarin]

12 minutes ago, Pablo said:

Minnesota has been fairly active on the FA market this offseason, especially late, picking up Lynn & Odorizzi - gotta think this is a pretty heavy blow to them. Other than Eric Aybar, not sure who they have who can step up. Any opportunities to exploit?

With the way the Twins have been able to make all sorts of savvy steals in this market, I wouldn't be surprised if they somehow landed Machado for a bag of peanuts, lol.

That said, you're right, that's a tough blow for them.  I don't think there is anything we can offer them, though.

[Blarg]

What an idiot. 

[Tyler]

I love how MLB is only sport that cares about this stuff.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

10 minutes ago, Tyler said:

I love how MLB is only sport that cares about this stuff.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22794589/cincinnati-bengals-linebacker-vontaze-burfict-facing-four-game-suspension-violating-nfl-performance-enhancing-drug-policy-according-league-sources

After watching the documentary Icarus I think some of these guys getting popped in pro sports don't know the right people to go to in order to be able to pull off clean tests while doing PED's.  Looking at the list of players who got popped in MLB last year including the minors quite a few of them appear to be from Central America, South America or Cuba.  I seem to recall someone on here linking to an article or mentioning that according to some players from the DR that PED usage isn't all that uncommon there. 

[kevinb]

People who think PED use is uncommon in sports have their head in the sand. I would say this is common practice among most athletes in modern sports. There is too much money not to. The only people who are getting caught don’t seem very bright. Burfict is a perfect example. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

People around the NFL say that it was one of the worst kept secrets in the game that the dominant Steelers teams of the Chuck Noll era were juicing. I'm sure that it hasn't ended, but the NFL doesn't seem all that concerned about it.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

What an idiot. 

How do these fools think they can get away with this still? They must think they're too smart to get caught, otherwise it just make sense.

[JustATroutFan]

He should have taken the same drug that was most effective for Bonds.

[Tank]

7 hours ago, Tyler said:

I love how MLB is only sport that cares about this stuff.

their penalty is pretty stiff, but so is the penalty in the olympics. the NFL cares about it but the penalty is less severe.

[fan_since79]

The tragedy of Bonds is he probably would have made the HOF even without the steroids. What the chemicals gave him, possibly, was the ability to withstand the injuries and other rigors of time and the added upper-body strength to power the home runs farther. I don't think steroids can explain his fabulous hand-eye coordination. The guy was a great, great player who got too greedy for more.

 

Edited March 19, 2018 by fan_since79

[Fish Oil]

I'm hoping that one day MLB will recognize what a truly great player Bonds was. He will always be the poster boy of the steroid era, but underneath all that stuff was one of the all-time greats.

[Stradling]

He was great, a hall of famer.  With steroids he was one of the best ever.