Diamondbacks infielder Domingo Leyba has been suspended for eighty games, per a league announcement. He tested positive for boldenone, a banned performance-enhancing drug.
Leyba, a 24-year-old switch-hitter, made his MLB debut last year. He spent most of the year at Triple-A, where he turned in a strong .300/.351/.519 batting line with 19 home runs. In the highly charged PCL offensive environment, that output was good for a 107 wRC+.
The Snakes had already closed off Leyba’s most direct route to playing time when they added Starling Marte, thus pushing Ketel Marte back to second base. Leyba still factored into the mix as a potential utility infielder, where he faced competition from players such as Ildemaro Vargas, Josh Rojas, Andy Young, and non-roster invitee Gavin Cecchini.
Dude had a legit shot of making the roster. What a shame
Legit shot because of the PEDs?
PEDS don’t make you a hitter, trust me I know, I’ve taken steroids for medical issues for years and I couldn’t hit .100 on a bet lol
Why should I trust such an ignorant comment?
No they don’t make you a hitter, they make you a better hitter.
I also have taken steroids. Went from decent hitter to masher. A steroid like D-Bol is insane.
True, both Giambi brothers were on steroids… Jason was by far the better hitter… Jeremy not so much…
Look wikeycoyote! Your Flintstone vitamins are not performance enhancing drugs.
What kind of steroids for medical issues? Corticosteroids (e.g. Prednisone) that you would typically take for medical issues are not the same thing as anabolic steroids.
Because it’s true. Steroids don’t make you able to hit a 100 mph fastball 85 mph slider or a curveball.
Nobody is saying you can inject a guy off the street with steroids and make him a hitter. If you are a hitter and you take steroids, it obviously has an impact. Why else would professional athletes risk their careers to use them?
Look at Bonds. His whole career he was a great hitter and good for 30 to 40+ HR per year. He gets jacked up on steroids and hits 73 HR at the age of 36.. Quite a coincidence don’t you think?
I’ve taken steroids. It made me a much better breather. I didn’t even need an inhaler anymore.
In fairness, the pitchers he was hitting off of were also taking PEDs, so it really all balanced out.
He did not test positive in the past and he gained big league experience, so not totally.
There goes my Roto draft strategy… 🙂
Good luck to this guy in making it back. Sending positive thoughts.
Good luck making it back?? It’s not an injury, the guy broke the rules and got caught.
dang. figured he’d have a nice year too
yes, for a cheater
hindsight is 20/20. did you know he was juiced?
When will they learn smh
As long as there is this much money involved in MLB, people will cheat in order to get their part.
There has to be enough success stories out there to keep trying.
I figured the wrc+ would be higher since he’s been on the juice.
He should habe just worn a wire.
Good idea, he wouldn’t have gotten suspended that way…..
Zing!
People are wishing him well? Are they wishing the Astros well?
I’m not wishing him or the Astros well. But I’m consistent.
Yeah, I’m very confused why people are wishing him well
What do you ant them to do? Shout “stone him” while he walks down the street? There is nothing wrong with wishing someone well. I’m confused as to how anyone view that as a negative.
Because these are the same people who want the Astros to be beaned.
Does anybody know any good websites to see KBO or NPB transactions? I’ve been looking for a while and I can’t seem to find any good ones.
they should cover those things here. a West Pacific (CBPBL, NPB, KBO, ABL) correspondent would be a nice add here.
True I would like that, this is my main go to site. Although they’d most likely need to change the name to baseball trade rumors at that point, and I’m sure a lot of people would get upset for no reason that they’d cover all baseball instead of just MLB.
Domini-can’t
Domingone
Bless your heart. At least you tried.
Oakland should ship Barreto over to AZ
Sounds like dbs knew about drug use all along. Condone?
Everybody’s on steroids