CLEVELAND — An already calamitous Toronto Blue Jays season took its latest dour turn Sunday, as infielder Orelvis Martinez was suspended 80 games without pay by MLB for violating the league’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
Martinez tested positive for clomiphene, a performance-enhancing substance. The 22-year-old has accepted his suspension, which is effective immediately.
“We were both surprised and disappointed to learn of Orelvis Martinez’s suspension,” Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said quanto a a società statement. “We will do everything quanto a our power to ensure Orelvis has learned from this mistake. Orelvis has our support, and we know he will get through this.”
Martinez, one of Toronto’s prospects who earned his first major-league call-up last week, said through a statement released by the MLBPA that he ingested clomiphene segnale a fertility medication called Rejun 50 that he and his were prescribed quanto a the Dominican Republic last off-season.
“We wanted to keep this matter private, even within our family, and trusted the doctor who assured us this treatment did not include risultato enhancing drugs,” Martinez said quanto a the statement. “Therefore, I made the mistake of not disclosing this to my team the MLBPA.
“What that said, I took full responsibility for my actions and accepted my suspension.”
