November 01, 2006
Mota Suspended
XM MLB Chat just heard that Guillermo Mota violated MLB's drug policy and was suspended for 50 games. I'll try to find a wire story.
Update: Here's the AP wire. It continues to impress me how many relief pitchers are caught doing this. We think of cheaters as the power hitters, but the relievers need to be able to go every day, and the anti-inflammatory benefits of the drugs must really help.
He's a free agent, so not being able to play for the first 50 games next season really cuts down on how his marketability. Add to that, teams may not be able to judge his true ability if drugs were helping him collect his numbers. I wonder if any team will take a flyer on Mota?
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Kevin Kennedy said the use was likely to enable him to work through the injuries he's had, rather than for adding speed or power to his pitches.
As a cardinals fan, I'm really glad they waited until after the playoffs to suspend him.
Have they said when he was tested? I wonder if the Indians knew/suspected he was using when they released him. Think it's a coicidence that the two ML players caught this season both pitched for the Mets? (Grimsley doesn't count; he was caught by the Feds, not by the MLB testing.)
It would seem that, with the results Mota posted this season, the Steroids didn't really work.