New York Mets righthander Jenrry Mejia was suspended 162 games without pay on Tuesday after testing positive for performance-enhancing substances, his second PED suspension of the season.
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There are only a few who could actually earn the title “World-Renowned” idiot.
Jenrry Mejia of the New York Mets. But Mejia is the first player suspended a full season following two failed PED tests.
Though Mejia’s departure may very well be jarring for his teammates, no one reliever should be able to make or break a playoff push.
But if there’s a silver lining for the Mets, it’s that the team now has some stability in its setup role after acquiring Tyler Clippard from the Oakland A’s on Monday. A-Rod’s suspension was initially 211 games but reduced by an arbitrator to 162.
Mejia, 25, was suspended 80 games April after testing positive for Stanozolol, so this is his second suspension of the year.
In seven games and 7 1/3 innings this season, Mejia has allowed four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.
He believes the league is catching the majority of drug-related offenders, but said there is an “underground community that is active in the area of performance-enhancing substances”.
The Mets said they were “extremely disappointed” about the news.
Now the Mets must wreckon with another Mejia question: Should he ever pitch for them again? And this is the outcome of making bad choices..
Mejia has been subjected to six extra urine tests and three extra blood tests over 12 months after his first violation.
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Last year, Meija recorded 28 saves and had a 3.65 earned run average for the Mets. I wasn’t sure why Alderson was worrying about the bullpen with the lineup in such disarray, but perhaps he knew the Mejia suspension was coming. Last season, Mejia served as both a starter and closer for the Mets.
