BIOGENESIS: MLB to suspend Braun, A-Rod, 20 others

Now, please, strip Braun of his MVP title. Then, give it to Kemp and hold a 2 hour nationally (+ Canada) televised parade celebrating Kemp's MVP award.

Report: MLB plans to suspend Ryan Braun, Alex Rodriguez, and 20 other players
Aaron Gleeman | NBC Sports/Hard Ball Talk
July 9, 2013, 5:46 PM EDT​

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Ryan Braun returns to the Brewers’ lineup tonight after missing a month with a thumb injury and he’s back just in time for this bombshell report from ESPN.com saying that MLB plans to suspend Braun, along with Alex Rodriguez and as many as 20 other players.

According to T.J. Quinn and Mike Fish from “Outside The Lines” Braun “refused to answer questions during a recent meeting with Major League Baseball” and suspensions are expected “sometime after next week’s All-Star break.”

Quinn and Fish quote sources saying that 100-game suspensions are being considered even though that’s the standard second-time offender penalty and neither Braun nor Rodriguez have served a suspension previously. The argument being made is that lying is viewed as the second offense.

Reports of MLB wanting to suspend 20 players first surfaced via Quinn and Fish back on June 4, but have mostly been dormant since then. During that time Biogensis director Tony Bosch was expected to meet with MLB officials and reveal details, leading to the hammer that’s apparently about to drop.​

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I hope Parra and Scuteroid are busted ray:

 

Were all 20 names given? I think Robbie Cano is busted.

 

Not all 20
I think some Madres are on the list

 

I think Everth Cabrera (best player for them this year) is one and the other is Yasmani Grandal.

 

their best one, Everth Cabrera.

 

Supposedly Braun is getting suspended after the AS break? Anyone have anything to confirm this?

 

MLBN said that the suspensions could be handed out within a few weeks.

 

Braun the only white guy (or American for that matter) on the list thus far. Not good. I was hoping Trout would be exposed.

 

Those guys are fucked

 

I bet Hamilton is on the list.

 

As long as Dodgers aren't on the list I'm good.

My biggest fear is that Mark Ellis is on the list.

 

Anyone wonder if our friend Ethier is on the list?

 

He does have Cuban bloodlines. Maybe. Probably HGH

 

Pretty sure if any bigger names were on the list, we would've heard about them already.

 

MLB To Suspend Braun, Rodriguez, Others
By Zach Links [July 9 at 5:21pm CST]

5:21pm: An MLB spokesperson tells Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (via Twitter) that the news on Braun is premature and no decisions have been made.

5:07pm: Major League Baseball is expected to suspend Ryan Braun, Alex Rodriguez, and as many as 20 players connected to the Biogenesis clinic sometime after next week's All-Star break, several sources told T.J. Quinn and Mike Fish of ESPN.com. Commissioner Bud Selig's office is considering 100-game bans for Braun and Rodriguez, the punishment for a second offense, despite neither player receiving a previous suspension for violating MLB drug rules.

Suspensions appear to be a certainty for both players and the only issue in question is the length of time that they'll be sidelined. One source said that the league's argument would be that they, and possibly other players, committed multiple offenses by receiving PEDs from Tony Bosch's clinic and lying about it.

As Quinn explains on Twitter, suspensions are usually levied, appealed, and ruled upon by an arbitrator months later before becoming public, but MLB is allowed to announce suspensions publicly because case has been public. Players who appeal the forthcoming suspensions may continue playing until an arbitrator rules, however.

Braun, who has repeatedly denied using PEDs, refused to answer questions during a recent meeting with the league office about his connection to Bosch, according to sources. A source said that A-Rod has not been interviewed, but a meeting is expected to take place this week.

Late last month, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reported that suspensions were likely in the Biogenesis case. Nelson Cruz, Everth Cabrera, Jhonny Peralta, Jesus Montero, and Bartolo Colon were among the other players linked to Biogenesis in the initial report.

 

Conflicting reports...
Nick Punto connected to biogenesis.

 

Yeah, that was actually pretty racist lol