Baseball has for years been considered the biggest sport for using PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs). This however reached a all-time high when Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun, Nelson Cruz, and Melky Cabrera were involved in yet another drug scandal. Reports claim that Anthony Bosch, the founder of a Miami anti-aging clinic supplied the players with the PEDs. Until recently, Bosch had denied the reports, but after newer reports stated that he didn't have the money to support his defence, he decided to cooperate.
If the MLBPA didn't exist, then these players are most likely gone for the rest of their life. In my opinion the should be. Its not official yet, but all four players are looking at 100-game suspensions. 100 games is alot for any professional athlete to have to watch on TV, but as I said before it isn't enough.
Left-Right: Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun, Nelson Cruz, Melky Cabrera
What Impact Will There be On the Affected Teams
Alex Rodriguez: A-Rod will be the only player of the four that has no impact on his team because of his injury, and the Yankees have an all-star filled line up.
Ryan Braun: Milwaukee will probably have the largest affect of the four teams with Braun's departure. He ranks 5th on the team with a .292 BA, 2nd with 9 HR, and 1st wirh 35 RBI.
Nelson Cruz: Cruz's numbers, despite being better than Braun's, won't have as large of an impact because Texashas a much better line up. He ranks 1st on the team in both HR and RBI, with 14 and 40 respectively. He also ranks 9th in BA at .268.
Melky Cabrera. Although he won't have the impact of losing Brun and Cruz, his departure will be a huge loss to Toronto's line up. He ranks 5th in BA at .284, 9th in HR with 2, and 5th with 29 RBI.
Don't you think that since Melky Cabrera already served a 50-game suspension and that he admitted to using PEDs last year, he won’t serve another suspension?
ReplyDeleteHe should have gotten kicked out the first time.
DeleteBut if players are remorseful and understood that what they did was wrong and never take PEDs again, shouldn't they be given a second chance? That is what we have been preached to do at a Catholic school, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteTheir stats are meaningless, and they had an unfair advantage over players who didn't use PEDs. Other players won't stop unless they know that what they do with PEDs would be meaningless, and their careers would be over.
DeleteIf you're in the league for 12 seasons and only used PED's to affect one season (you have to continually use them for the PED's to be affective), then are their other 11 seasons stats meaningless? And in terms of unfair advantages over other players, there are a lot of other issues, like bad umpire calls and corked bats that players have to worry about. I agree that PED's are bad for the game, but a lifetime ban isn't always the solution, just ask Pete Rose.
DeleteYou have no true way of knowing if they only used PED's for that one season. So yes those other season are meaningless.
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