Brewers pitcher J.C. Mejía has been suspended 162 video games nearest trying out sure for a performance-enhancing drug, MLB introduced Wednesday afternoon.
Mejía, 27, won a suspense nearest trying out sure for Stanozolol—an anabolic steroid related within the future to gamers akin to Rafael Palmeiro, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. He used to be in the past suspended 80 video games on Would possibly 17, 2022 nearest trying out sure for a similar substance.
Right through the 2023 season, Mejía pitched 11 1/3 innings in 9 appearances for Milwaukee. He went 1–0 with a 5.56 ERA and 13 strikeouts.
“The Milwaukee Brewers fully support MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program and share in the goal of eliminating performance-enhancing substances from our game,” Brewers basic supervisor Matt Arnold mentioned in a commentary following the suspense.
Mejía has pitched 3 years within the fat leagues, going 1–7 in 17 video games for Cleveland in 2021 and pitching 2 1/3 innings for Milwaukee in ’22.
