Marlon Byrd reportedly suspended 162 games for PED violation

[CanuckG]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15880914/marlon-byrd-cleveland-indians-suspended-162-games-peds

Dan Haren tweeted out he wants all those HR's back Byrd hit off him

[3runhomer]

classic

[l7ustin]

he cheated to hit .270 and 5 HRs this year

[kidcudi92]

guy has been like 1000 years old slugging past few years (not this year obv)

[jjgold]

Nobodies missed in baseball never forget that

[pavyracer]

If you are not cheating you are not trying hard enough. MLB still protects the big names.

[TheMoneyShot]

Arrieta next on the list.

[slayer14]

kinda sad this he done a lot for baseball over the years

[l7ustin]

If you are not cheating you are not trying hard enough. MLB still protects the big names.

what about dee gordon that was a pretty big name?

[Chi_archie]

kinda sad this he done a lot for baseball over the years

yeah, and baseball has done alot of things for him too..... like over 38 million things

2008	30	Texas Rangers	$1,800,000	?
2009	31	Texas Rangers	$3,060,000	?
2010	32	Chicago Cubs	$3,000,000	6.045
2011	33	Chicago Cubs	$5,500,000	7.045
2012	34	Boston Red Sox	$6,500,000	8.045	contracts
2013	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	$700,000	8.115	contracts
2014	36	Philadelphia Phillies	$8,000,000	9.115	contracts
2015	37	San Francisco Giants	$8,000,000	10.115	contracts	$4M paid by Philadelphia Phillies
2016	38	Cleveland Indians	$1,000,000	11.115
2016 Status		Signed thru 2016, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$38,015,000	Does not include future salaries ($1M)

[TheMoneyShot]

Man these athletes out of all 4 major sports.... are built like brickhouses.

It's sad to see these professional groups doing "select" testing.

Everyone should be tested... EVERYONE...

And if everyone was tested 50% of every league wouldn't have a team.

[Sledge187]

Yankees use to be able to buy these steroid freaks and then win the world series but not anymore. The playing field in baseball has leveled out.

[pavyracer]

what about dee gordon that was a pretty big name?

Lets not get carried over here. Gordon is not a big name. Big names are Harper, Gonzalez, Kershaw, etc and I'm not implying these guys aren't clean. Most people could not pick up Gordon in a police lineup.

[d2bets]

Man these athletes out of all 4 major sports.... are built like brickhouses.

It's sad to see these professional groups doing "select" testing.

Everyone should be tested... EVERYONE...

And if everyone was tested 50% of every league wouldn't have a team.

All baseball players are tested multiple times per year.

[thellama]

Yeah, this is no surprise, old player hanging on by a thread a few years ago turns it around and comes to life. Look at those HR totals, he's been getting away with it for a few years it seems. This is the guy that once said you have to be stupid to get caught with peds... and that was after the first time he got caught.

[eidolon]

I thought he would have been caught a while ago. No surprise here.

[lakerboy]

Yankees use to be able to buy these steroid freaks and then win the world series but not anymore. The playing field in baseball has leveled out.

No. Hal put a stop on spending. Yanks remodeling slowly.

[Sledge187]

No. Hal put a stop on spending. Yanks remodeling slowly.

He did this because you can't build through free agency any more. Steroids are not part of the game. By the time guys hit free agency, they are already on their slide.