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Posted on: Friday, June 19, 2009

MLB: 2 Rays minor leaguers suspended for positive tests


Associated Press

NEW YORK — A pair of Tampa Bay Rays in the Venezuelan Summer League have been suspended under baseball’s minor league drug program.

Outfielder Franklin Alcala and pitcher Carlos Orasma will each serve 50-game bans, Major League Baseball said Friday. They tested positive for metabolites of nandrolone.
The 18-year-old is batting .086 with 19 strikeouts in 35 at-bats. Orasma does not have any statistics listed.
Twenty players have been suspended this year under the minor league program in addition to four under the major league program: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez, Philadelphia reliever J.C. Romero, Yankees pitcher Sergio Mitre and San Francisco pitcher Kelvin Pichardo.