Mejia busted on roids

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

80 game suspension.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[Gwreck]

I can honestly say I think you're full of it and I don't believe you for a second when you say that you "no idea" how the banned substance wound up in your body.

[Frayed Knot]

See you in August dummy! (maybe)

oe: Not looking good for those who voted for Jenrry and the 'Over' in the saves category.
Actually there were two Mejia questions: Will he lead the team in saves (18 of 24 said YES) and Over/Under on 19.5 Saves (15 chose OVER)

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[Guest d'Kong76]

These guys crack me up... 80 games will cost him about
$1,250,000. I said to a friend of mine on the phone the other
day re: Harvelous, "with our luck he'll flunk a roid test."

[Zvon]

Jeeze. I didn't see him working out as our closer, but I never considered he'd fuck up like this. I figured he'd have some worth going forward. Now he's worse than worthless.

[Edgy MD]

Bad captaining, David.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The conditions are just ideal for a Bobby Parnell Hero Act, but I have no clue he'll be able to give.

[Edgy MD]

Also with a white horse in the stable: Syndegaard and Matz!

[ashie62]

The drug was Stanozolol, same one that got Palmeiro.

Edited April 11, 2015 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Bullpen attrition. It's like a real thing!

[Frayed Knot]

Ashie62 wrote: The drug was Stanozolol, same one that got Palmeiro.

If accurate that's like going old-school steroids.
You might as well try to carry a big-ol' Colt .45 in your carry-on luggage through an airport as the odds of getting away with it are about the same.

[ashie62]

Wiki effects of Stanozolol (Winstrol) and list of sports abusers.

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[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yeah, that's Winstrol. Never mind Palmeiro, that's the stuff that won/lost Ben Johnson his gold. In 1988.

[Frayed Knot]

In a related note, Jenrry was caught trying to hide his stash inside an 8-track cartridge.

[Guest d'Kong76]

The booth was talking about masking agent and perhaps
strides in detection but I didn't hear enough to add much
here. Did anyone else hear that?

[metirish]

Dope , as Darling said on air " a very selfish thing to do".

[metirish]

WOW, Gary and Ron reporting that Mejia is also banned from the post season should the Mets make it

[Gwreck]

That's the "Jhonny Peralta/Melky Cabrera rule," I believe. Seems to me that Peralta finished serving a suspension about a week before the Tigers made the playoffs in 2013(?) and was eligible. Cabrera was a big part of the Giants in 2012 but they left him off the postseason roster anyway (to no big detriment).

[Edgy MD]

Fourth player busted in 16 days. All four are pitchers, three of them Dominicans.

[Frayed Knot]

metirish wrote: WOW, Gary and Ron reporting that Mejia is also banned from the post season should the Mets make it

That doesn't make sense to me. The penalties are what they are, they're dictated by the CBA and I don't see where it would apply to any post-season play which would occur a full half-season after the time has run out.
The Giants, three years ago, chose not to put Melky Cabrera on their active roster for the playoffs but that was their choice, not a league dictate. IOW, not being selected is not the same thing as being banned.

[MFS62]

Schmuck.
Later

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: WOW, Gary and Ron reporting that Mejia is also banned from the post season should the Mets make it That doesn't make sense to me. The penalties are what they are, they're dictated by the CBA and I don't see where it would apply to any post-season play which would occur a full half-season after the time has run out. The Giants, three years ago, chose not to put Melky Cabrera on their active roster for the playoffs but that was their choice, not a league dictate. IOW, not being selected is not the same thing as being banned.

apparently they 'snuck' it into the CBA.

bs to me. (especially since I suspect MLB sometimes did/does massage the timing of this stuff) Postseason games should be just 'games' in terms of suspension. When the Mets sweep through the postseason, Mejia will be suspended 91 games. If they don't make it, 80.

The booth was talking about masking agent and perhaps strides in detection but I didn't hear enough to add much here. Did anyone else hear that?

I think they said 4 guys busted for this drug in the last few weeks. (haven't fact checked this) Which means either Jenrry was the suspension that marked the trend and they're all going to stop, or they've all stopped (read: switched) using it and it's taking time to filter from their systems.

Poor luck. I hope the other Mets taking stuff have better masking agents.

[smg58]

And Omar Minaya's vaunted Latin American scouting program continues to boast more established juicers than established major-league ball players. For somebody who looked like he could do no wrong his first two seasons here, the long-term damage Minaya inflicted on this team is staggering.

[ashie62]

If Mejia were a racehorse this drug would be allowable in many states.

Giddy up!

[seawolf17]

Edgy MD wrote: Fourth player busted in 16 days. All four are pitchers, three of them Dominicans.

And all four the same drug, too. Interesting.

[batmagadanleadoff]

metirish wrote: Dope , as Darling said on air " a very selfish thing to do".

If selfish means that the player cares more about his own personal standing in the game (i.e., his salary and stats) instead of his team's standings, then my guess is that practically all players are selfish. They're just not dumb enough to admit it. Not even Daniel Murphy.

MLB is a game only to the fans. The players are ruthless businessmen just like the owners.

[Edgy MD]

Gwreck wrote: I can honestly say I think you're full of it and I don't believe you for a second when you say that you "no idea" how the banned substance wound up in your body.

I would guess this statement can have some veracity. The list of banned things is long, including some things that are generally available, including through "legitimate" sources (GNC, etc) and prescriptions, and marketed under different names. Especially for a guy living in a foreign country and speaking a different language, formal systems for cross-checking with the team everything you put in or on you is key, but challenging. One man's wistriol is another man's "super ketchup."

[metirish]

DGW posted this interesting take from CJ Nitkowski

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/new-york-mets-jenrry-mejia-drug-suspension-dominican-republic-culture-stanozolol-041215

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: Gwreck wrote: I can honestly say I think you're full of it and I don't believe you for a second when you say that you "no idea" how the banned substance wound up in your body. I would guess this statement can have some veracity. The list of banned things is long, including some things that are generally available, including through "legitimate" sources (GNC, etc) and prescriptions, and marketed under different names. Especially for a guy living in a foreign country and speaking a different language, formal systems for cross-checking with the team everything you put in or on you is key, but challenging. One man's wistriol is another man's "super ketchup."

I agree with that. Mejia may very well have taken these pills (they are pills, aren't they) without knowing what they were. But it's his responsibility to know what he's taking, and if he needs a trusted translator to help him with that, again, it's on him.

The only way I would absolve him of responsibility is if Hostess, for example, announced that Stanozolol has been a secret ingredient in Twinkies, and Mejia has been eating 15 to 20 Twinkies per day.