Red Sox pitcher Wright suspended 80 games for HGH
Source: Associated Press
Red Sox pitcher Wright suspended 80 games for HGH
March 6, 2019
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright will sit out the first 80 games of the season after testing positive for Human Growth Hormone, a second suspension for the knuckleballer who missed 15 games last year for violating baseballs domestic violence policy.
Wright, 34, said in a statement issued through the Major League Baseball Players Association that he learned of the positive test during the offseason.
Although I do not dispute the validity of the test, I was shocked as I have never intentionally ingested anything for performance-enhancing purposes, the statement said. I have fully cooperated with MLB and will continue to try and identify the source of the result.
The commissioners office said Wright tested positive for Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide 2 (GHRP-2). He is the second player under the big league program to test positive for HGH, which has been screened for by baseball in blood tests since 2013.
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