Cano suspended 80 games for violating drug agreement

[nando714]

1 hour ago, jordan said:

Pujols coming up on MLB Radio, but asks Casey Stern and Matt Holliday not to ask him about Cano suspension. 

Says the guy who’s lying about his age 

[Warfarin]

3 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

They give you furosemide after you have been intubated and catheterized leading up to heart surgery and stuff like that

I know first hand

Ah I'm sorry man

But yeah, this is why the case was reviewed.  Obviously if Cano had a documented medical illness that necessitated the use of lasix, then he wouldn't have been suspended.  The fact that he was is basically clear evidence he was ruled to have been cheating.

[Warfarin]

1 minute ago, Turd Ferguson said:

I'm guessing he was popped a while ago, appealed, and then dropped the appeal when he got hurt. The timing is too coincidental.

Yeah, I read that he was caught in the offseason and his appeal was scheduled for today.  He dropped the appeal today though, so yep, no coincidence at all.

The Mariners obviously were aware of this situation all along, which helps elucidate why they acquired Gordon - as a "fail safe" in case they needed a 2B to cover Cano's likely suspension and had zero other options.

[GrittyVeterans]

2 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

Ah I'm sorry man

But yeah, this is why the case was reviewed.  Obviously if Cano had a documented medical illness that necessitated the use of lasix, then he wouldn't have been suspended.  The fact that he was is basically clear evidence he was ruled to have been cheating.

Judging by your username, I take it you've had some heart battles too?

[jordan]

4 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

Yeah, I read that he was caught in the offseason and his appeal was scheduled for today.  He dropped the appeal today though, so yep, no coincidence at all.

The Mariners obviously were aware of this situation all along, which helps elucidate why they acquired Gordon - as a "fail safe" in case they needed a 2B to cover Cano's likely suspension and had zero other options.

It's funny how the Mariners got one cheater as a "fail safe" for another cheater.  Now they have 3 (Cruz, Gordon, Cano) players on their team, significant stars, all having cheated in the past few years. 

[Warfarin]

6 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Judging by your username, I take it you've had some heart battles too?

You can say I'm fairly familiar with the whole clotting cascade in the body at this point...

[Warfarin]

2 minutes ago, jordan said:

It's funny how the Mariners got one cheater as a "fail safe" for another cheater.  Now they have 3 (Cruz, Gordon, Cano) players on their team, significant stars, all having cheated in the past few years. 

Yeah, the irony is not lost, lol.  One cheater to substitute for another.  Gotta maintain your cheating quota, I guess

[GrittyVeterans]

6 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

You can say I'm fairly familiar with the whole clotting cascade in the body at this point...

Damn, sorry man. Never fun that's for sure

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Dipoto now has $12+M to spend on a replacement player. Anyone ever considered spiking Pujols' food/drink with steroids to get money for a replacement 1B?

 

 

 

 

kidding

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 hours ago, Ohtani&Trout said:

The M’s are likely the Angels biggest competition for the second WC, so this is welcome news. He’ll still be back for their final 42 games but this will hurt them severely.

They're the Astros biggest competition for the WC.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 hours ago, Warfarin said:

Essentially sounds like it, yes.  From everything I have seen, the suspension starts AFTER he returns from the DL.  

The ban, which is without pay and is effective immediately, is for Cano's use of Furosemide, a diuretic that is in violation of baseball's policy.

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That makes it sound like his DL and suspension run concurrently, and not consecutively.

[Warfarin]

Just now, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

The ban, which is without pay and is effective immediately, is for Cano's use of Furosemide, a diuretic that is in violation of baseball's policy.

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That makes it sound like his DL and suspension run concurrently, and not consecutively.

Yeah, I was mistaken - it has since been clarified, and it is indeed concurrently.  I don't agree with that, but it is what it is.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 hours ago, True Grich said:

Not for PED, but rather a diuretic used for a medical issue.

It's a masking agent, used to hide steroids.

[Taylor]

He breaks his hand, I kind of feel bad for the guy. He gets busted for roids, I just laugh.

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Suggest anyone with the time go onto the mariners subreddit.  Great times to be had. 

 

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, jordan said:

Pujols coming up on MLB Radio, but asks Casey Stern and Matt Holliday not to ask him about Cano suspension. 

It's fairly certain that IF Albert were using at some point, he must have stopped some time ago.

Steroids generally don't correlate with weak ground balls to third, or lazy pop-ups. Yeah, there's the occasional hard-hit ball, but very little like the consistently great power of old. Barry Bonds put up one of his best seasons at age 39 and was still a fearsome destroyer of baseballs.

Edited May 15, 2018 by fan_since79

[Tank]

2 hours ago, True Grich said:

Per Ken Rosenthal - his time on the DL WILL count towards suspension

the players union must have had the world's greatest negotiator to include that time spent inactive due to an injury can also count as days serving a suspension. bravo, whoever you are!

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, Dick B Back said:

Wonder if Cano and Cruz share the needle?

Beat me to it. Gotta wonder if cano was juiced all along, or if cruz introduced him maybe?

[zenmaster]

Didn’t Dee Gordon get suspended too at some point?

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Dochalo said:

that makes sense.  All they had to do was determine whether he had a medical condition.  He went to the DR for the off season, took a bunch of PEDs, tried to clear his system before he got back and miss timed his regimen or because he's just a shade older, the body doesn't clear things out as well and he didn't adjust for that.  

'THIS WAS NOT A BOAT ACCIDENT.....'

And it wasnt jack the ripper.

[ten ocho recon scout]

5 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

Didn’t Dee Gordon get suspended too at some point?

Yeah, forgot about that.

[CubsFan]

11 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

Didn’t Dee Gordon get suspended too at some point?

Suspended 80 days for PeDs in 2016

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

I wonder if one of these guys is using.

 

 

I think Altuve must have been a heavy smoker in his younger days to have his growth stunted so badly.

[Lou]

 

We do now, Robinson. 

[Aaronkv]

May 25th is " Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz Wine Stopper Set Night "

 

Great opportunity to change it to a set of hypodermic needles with their numbers on them?