Here are the day’s minor moves:
- Yankees farmhand Wilking Rodriguez, a right-handed pitcher, has been suspended for eighty games after testing positive for a PED (Furosemide). Rodriguez made two appearances last year for the Royals in the only major league action in his career. The 25-year-old has not yet appeared for the club’s Triple-A affiliate, though he did get a few frames in big league camp this spring.
- The Indians outrighted Shaun Marcum to Triple-A, the club announced. Marcum, a veteran righty, had one outing with Cleveland before losing his roster spot. He had a nice run of success in the bigs a few years back, but has dealt with injuries in recent seasons.
- Righty Kyle Davies has been outrighted by the Yankees, the club announced. The veteran returned to the big leagues after a long absence recently, but New York dropped him from the roster after just one outing.
- The Rangers have outrighted lefty Sam Freeman, as Stefan Stevenson of the Fort Worth Star-Tribune tweets. Freeman was designated by Texas not long after he was acquired from the Cardinals. It could be that the Rangers had this scenario in mind all along, as Freeman will now be on stand by to provide cheap and accessible depth if and when the need arises.
What a non-surprise: Shawn Marcum made it thru waivers without a claim.
Gentleman agreement for this time of year, even guys with legitimate value go unclaimed
Let me know when one with legitimate value goes unclaimed. Hasn’t happened so far.
Furosemide is not a PED, its a diuretic, Its banned because it can be used to accelerate the clearance of PED metabolites and help players pass a test. There are a million medical reasons to take Furosemide, but I imagine if he had a legitimate one he would appeal
If he had a legitimate medical reason for taking it, all he had to do was inform the league office and provide documentation from his doctor, and he’d be in the clear. It’s a very commonly prescribed drug, and absolutely not a PED.
Probably another idiot taking Stanozolol, who decided a diuretic might get it out of his system quicker.
Furosemide is not a PED, it’s a diuretic that can be used to mask the use of PEDs. Unless MLB considers dehyrdrating yourself enhancing your performance.