Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Manny Ramirez suspended for performance enhancing drugs

Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and will be suspended without pay for 50 games.

Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and will be suspended without pay for 50 games

The Los Angeles Dodgers star is the most prolific player to be suspended by Major League Baseball (MLB) since it began testing in 2003.

Manny is challenging the suspension and claims that the positive test resulted from a medication prescribed by a doctor, and not from a steroid.

“Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue,” Ramirez said in the statement. “He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was okay to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have been advised not to say anything more for now. I do want to say one other thing; I’ve taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons.”

The news is expected to affect the Ramirez’s image in Los Angeles. Manny had been a model citizen since being traded July 31, 2008, to the Boston Red Sox. He also becomes the second star this year to be linked to performance-enhancing drugs. New York Yankee All-Star third baseman Alex Rodriguez acknowledged in Feburary that he used steroids from 2001 to 2003.

Ramirez, who will be eligible to return from suspension on July 3, is expected to be replaced in the lineup by Juan Pierre.

According to the report, Manny stands to lose about $7.7 million.

The Dodgers currently have the best record in baseball.

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