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Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

metsguyinmichigan Apr 20 2010 01:08 PM

50 games, says a scroll from AP. No idea if it's roids or other something else.

Edgy DC Apr 20 2010 01:30 PM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

Fifty games is the standard for a first-time failure of a random PED test.

Gwreck Apr 20 2010 01:52 PM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

He's been out since last summer after having Tommy John surgery so expect more of the usual "I just did it to recover from injury."

attgig Apr 20 2010 01:56 PM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

from mlbtr: "Plus, he'll be able to serve the suspension while on the DL - it begins tomorrow." that's freakin retarded. that should NOT be allowed... seems like anyone having a major surgery would have an excuse to take some HGH....

Edgy DC Apr 20 2010 02:00 PM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

It would certainly be an effective deterrent for everybody if teams were forced to carry players under suspension on their active roster. Forcing them to play a man short for 50 games.

seawolf17 Apr 20 2010 02:01 PM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

Not on the active roster, per se, but to allow him to serve it while on the DL seems odd. If it was, say, a five-game suspension for fighting, I'd think he'd have to serve it when he gets back from the DL, no? Or am I making that up?

sharpie Apr 20 2010 02:27 PM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

He does lose 50 games pay which is probably a boatload of cash.

TransMonk Apr 20 2010 02:32 PM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

Per Cot's, Volquez is only* making $445,000 this season. *I say "only" realizing that it is more than 10 times what I'm going to make. And taking PEDs won't increase my salary at all.

attgig Apr 20 2010 02:41 PM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

I think volquez is in his arb years, is he not? so, if he can get back quicker, and pitch well during the second half of the season, that could be used in arbitration negotiation processes, vs coming back slower, and having a major injury and no proof that he's healed and back in form being a detraction from his negotiations. in other words, the ~100k or so he's losing this year can pale in comparison to the negotations he does for arbitration.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 20 2010 02:44 PM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

He's recovering from Tommy John anyway, so it may be 2011 before he's back, anyway. TransMonk wrote: *I say "only" realizing that it is more than 10 times what I'm going to make. And taking PEDs won't increase my salary at all. Yes, but blasted tris and a nice, general juicy rip* probably won't hurt your convincing ability come renegotiation time, Bro Mauer. *Part of me is horrified that people-- men-- actually talk like this about their bodies, and part of me loveloveloves this sh*t.

G-Fafif Apr 21 2010 06:01 AM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

I heard he tested positive for an extra consonant in his first name.

metirish Apr 21 2010 06:33 AM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

There were some rumors floating around yesterday that it was a Mets player and another had it as Mark Texeria......which wold have been super cool.

soupcan Apr 21 2010 07:00 AM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

I thought I saw on sportscenter or somewhere that Volquez said the positive test had something to do with his trying to start a family. Insinuating that HE was taking some sort of fertility drug. Or maybe I was drunk when I heard that?

Ashie62 Apr 21 2010 08:27 AM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

soupcan wrote: I thought I saw on sportscenter or somewhere that Volquez said the positive test had something to do with his trying to start a family. Insinuating that HE was taking some sort of fertility drug. Or maybe I was drunk when I heard that? Wasn't Manny Ramirez trying to get impregnated also?

soupcan Apr 21 2010 08:32 AM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

That's right - Manny had the fertility drug excuse too. Now I remember - it later came out that taking those types of drugs is either typical when a steroid user comes off a cycle or to mask the 'roids or some such thing.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 21 2010 09:10 AM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

Also... Volquez is 26. Is he saying that, as a 26-year-old with an apparently-clean health history,* he opted for a fertility aid? *And-- not for nothing-- but steeped in a culture where virility-- natural, unaided virility-- is everything, too.

MFS62 Apr 21 2010 10:24 AM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

Gwreck wrote: He's been out since last summer after having Tommy John surgery so expect more of the usual "I just did it to recover from injury." IIRC, the rules about such stuff say that if there is a medical reason, the player/ doctor can apply for a waiver to permit the player to use some of the banned substances for medical purposes. But this approval must be granted before the players starts taking them. As for the fertility medication, it may be testosterone-like drug, which is on the banned substance list. And I don't think that it helps heal an injured arm, even thought the player may have injured the arm while, uh, ... practicing. Later

Fman99 Apr 21 2010 12:44 PM Re: Reds pitcher Volquez suspended for drugs

I am very dinsappointed in Edinson.