LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball suspended Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar on Monday after he tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). It’s a fertility drug often taken after steroids, and it’s the same drug that Manny Ramirez was suspended 50 games for using in 2009.
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Major League Baseball is suspending Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar 80 games for violating the league's PED policy, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Atlanta Braves by a 3-1 final on Tuesday night (box score), improving their record to 7-0 in the process. The Dodgers have now matched the best start to a season by a defending World Series champion in Major League Baseball history,
Major League Baseball announced Monday it suspended Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar for 80 games for violating the league's performance-enhancing drugs policy. According to the announcement, he tested positive for Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG).
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The Atlanta Braves’ Jurickson Profar will serve an 80-game suspension Monday as a result of testing positive for a banned substance, it was reported. The outfielder tested positive for chorionic gonadotropin, a performance-enhancing drug, ESPN reports, according to Major League Baseball.
Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball after testing positive for a fertility drug that's classified as a performance-enhancing substance.
The San Diego Padres look to finish a four-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves when the two teams meet at Petco Park on Sunday night.