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Rockies pitcher Domingo Acevedo suspended 80 games for positive test under minor league drug program

Rockies pitcher Domingo Acevedo suspended 80 games for positive test under minor league drug program | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Domingo Acevedo (68) follows through on a pitch from the mound during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, April 8, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Domingo Acevedo, a three-year major league veteran pitching with Colorado’s Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, was suspended for 80 games Wednesday for a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol under the minor league drug program.

Acevedo, 32, started this season with Piratas de Campeche in Mexico and signed a minor league contract with the Rockies on May 1. He is 2-0 with a 5.81 ERA in six starts and two relief appearances for Albuquerque.

Acevedo was 4-4 with a 4.09 ERA in 89 relief appearances with Oakland from 2021-23, then was released.

He is the eighth player disciplined this year for a drug violation.

Atlanta outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for the entire season on March 3 after testing positive for exogenous testosterone and its metabolites. The failed test was Profar’s second offense under the drug rules.

Free agent outfielder Max Kepler was banned for 80 games on Jan. 9 after a positive test for Epitrenbolone. He signed with Arizona and returned to the major leagues on June 26.

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