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    Two Mariners prospects suspended 50 games

    SPNW StaffBy SPNW StaffJune 27, 20145 Comments1 Min Read
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    Mariners minor league outfielders Jabari Blash and Jamal Austin received 50-game suspensions without pay following second positive tests for a drug of abuse, effectively immediately. The commissioner’s office made the announcement Friday.

    The drug was not identified, but it was not a performance-enhancer, which typically is identified.

    Blash, 24, a 6-foot-5, 224-pounder, has 12 homers and 37 RBIs in 45 games this season in AAA Tacoma, where he was promoted after 25 games in AA Jackson. In Tacoma, he was hitting .210 with 57 strikeouts and 17 walks. He was an eighth-round pick in the 2010 draft from Miami-Dade Junior College.

    Austin, 23, a 5-9, 170-pound centerfielder, was hitting .262 with one home run, 16 RBIs and 19 stolen bases in 45 games with Jackson. He had 30 strikeouts and seven walks. He was a 13th-round selection by the Mariners in the 2011 draft out of the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

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    5 Comments

    1. Big on June 27, 2014 5:54 pm

      I dislike this action taken without IDing the drug of abuse. Name it and educate the players and fans. Let me guess, oh, the hell with it.

    2. RadioGuy on June 27, 2014 7:21 pm

      I’d like to know what they were taking, too, but the fact that this was the SECOND offense tells me these guys weren’t listening the first time. Maybe sitting 50 games and having to pay rent without a paycheck coming in might wake them up.

      • notaboomer on June 29, 2014 12:10 pm

        minor leaguers don’t make squat. they are exploited to the max by mlb. why do even care what they were “taking?” please read: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/baseball-broshuis-minor-league-wage-income

        • jafabian on June 29, 2014 5:22 pm

          The M’s signed their top pick for over $4 mil. Some mane good money at least.

    3. jafabian on June 28, 2014 5:36 pm

      I wonder how the M’s farm system compares to other teams in terms of positive test results for banned substances? When the Mitchell Report came out I was disappointed at how many players said they started using while in the M’s minor league system. Is it the culture within the system? Does management turn a blind eye until players fail a test? Or are failed tests consistent all over the farms of all teams?

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