Cubs News: 8-time All-Star to be suspended for PED use |
Another superstar possibly cheating in baseball has been caught.
Mariners' second baseman Robinson Cano will be banned 80 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug (PEDs). The eight-time All-Star was hitting .287 with four homers and 23 RBIs this season. This will certainly destroy his possible hall-of-fame chances and he had a legitimate shot if he had continued to produce in the next few years. For his 14-year career, he was batting .304 with 2,417 hits, 305 homers, and 1206 RBIs. Cano released a statement soon after the announcement was made about the failed drug test. "For more than fifteen years, playing professional baseball has been the greatest honor and privilege of my life. I would never do anything to cheat the rules of the game that I love, and after undergoing dozens of drug tests over more than a decade, I have never tested positive for a Performance Enhancing Substance for the simple reason I have never taken one." MLB confirms Robinson Cano tested positive for Ferosemide, otherwise known as a “water pill.” Helps to flush body of liquid causing more urine, and for a drug test, a diluted sample. And Robinson Cano says his piece. pic.twitter.com/kOAIxx6vmz
