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Rockies pitcher Domingo Acevedo suspended 80 games after positive PED test
Colorado Rockies right-hander Domingo Acevedo received an 80-game suspension Wednesday after testing positive for Stanozolol. The 32-year-old is the eighth player disciplined this year under the minor league drug program.
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Colorado Rockies right-hander Domingo Acevedo was suspended 80 games Wednesday after a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol under the minor league drug program. Acevedo, 32, is a three-year major league veteran pitching with the Rockies' Triple-A team. He started the season with a team in Mexico before signing a minor league contract with the Rockies on May 1.
Acevedo is 2-0 with a 5.81 ERA in six starts and two relief appearances for the Triple-A team. He previously went 4-4 with a 4.09 ERA in 89 relief appearances with Oakland from 2021-23 before being released.
Other suspensions this year Acevedo is the eighth player disciplined this year for a drug violation. Atlanta outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for the entire season on March 3 after testing positive for exogenous testosterone and its metabolites.
Free agent outfielder Max Kepler was banned for 80 games on Jan. 9 after a positive test for Epitrenbolone. He signed with Arizona and returned to the major leagues on June 26.
