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Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

Frayed Knot Apr 18 2017 08:02 PM

Pirates OF Starling Marte received a half-season suspension for testing positive for some (un-named) PED. The 28 y/o OF, signed to Pitt thru the 2019 season with team options thru 2021, had taken over in CF this year as the Bucs moved Andrew McCutcheon to Right. Suspension starts immediately and will make him ineligible for the post-season should Pittsburgh qualify. The Pirates are off to a 6-7 start this year and were already short one of their players from 2016 as Korean native Jung-Ho Kang remains on the 'Restricted List' after failing to get a visa clearance to re-enter the country following multiple DWI arrests. He has a hearing scheduled in Korea next month.

Ceetar Apr 18 2017 08:11 PM Re: Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

I wonder if anyone has an extra outfielder they want to move...hmm...

Lefty Specialist Apr 18 2017 08:30 PM Re: Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

Every time I see one of these I worry about Cespedes' Popeye arms.

cooby Apr 18 2017 11:17 PM Re: Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

This is very sad. The Pirates were really promoting him as a family man. I was to two or three games last year and the kids (and Moms) adored him.

d'Kong76 Apr 18 2017 11:20 PM Re: Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

Dang, I had him in my keepy-but-no-cheaty league. Now there's a drawing tomorrow for one of my other top-five players as penalty for cheating.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 18 2017 11:23 PM Re: Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

Why do I think he would have had a shorter suspension if he had punched his wife instead of taking PEDs?

cooby Apr 18 2017 11:37 PM Re: Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

80 games does seem like an odd number. I think some of the stuffing might have came out of the Pirates, sad to say.

Edgy MD Apr 18 2017 11:58 PM Re: Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

Eighty is the standard for first-time positive results.

Edgy MD Apr 19 2017 12:31 AM Re: Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

Ceetar wrote: I wonder if anyone has an extra outfielder they want to move...hmm... I'm not advocating, but there's a team not only with an extra outfielder, but a veteran secondbaseman with Pittsburgh pedigree, as well.

d'Kong76 Apr 19 2017 12:33 AM Re: Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

Should be 81, the extra game was probably a CBA concession.

metirish Apr 19 2017 01:02 AM Re: Starling Marte - 80 Game PED Suspension

Gary mentioned getting caught using an "old school steroid" ?