Michael Pineda suspended 60 games

[madducks]

Michael Pineda has received a 60-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs.

He violated baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program by testing positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic and potential masking agent. Pineda will miss the rest of this season and the first five weeks of the 2020 season as well. He was initially suspended for 80 games but that penalty was reduced to 60 games after an appeal. This is a tough break for the Twins and Pineda's fantasy owners because he had been on quite a roll in recent weeks. He was 11-5 on the season and had a 3.10 ERA in his last 15 starts.

[virgonomic]

Damnit. I own him in all 3 leagues. Is he a $10 keeper in AL only next year?

[Hornsby]

Damnit. I own him in all 3 leagues. Is he a $10 keeper in AL only next year?

Good question. He must have had some mitigating factor going for him with MLB reducing the suspension from 80 games to 60. Anecdotally, it seems like most PED guys seem to do alright after serving their suspensions, so yeah, I'd probably keep him in an only at that price.

But, he's a free agent after this season, so where he signs is anyone's guess...

[virgonomic]

Good question. He must have had some mitigating factor going for him with MLB reducing the suspension from 80 games to 60. Anecdotally, it seems like most PED guys seem to do alright after serving their suspensions, so yeah, I'd probably keep him in an only at that price.

But, he's a free agent after this season, so where he signs is anyone's guess...

This definitely muddies the waters. MIN needs him going forward.

With the pine tar incident and now this, do we call him Pin-head-a?

[Sharky]

Isn’t Odorizzi a FA too?