US EditionPhillies’ Reliever Alvarado Rejoins Team Following PED Ban, Will Be Eligible Later This Month
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUG 5 – Alvarado apologized for using a banned substance and will miss the postseason despite rejoining the Phillies after serving an 80-game suspension for exogenous testosterone use.
- On Tuesday, Jose Alvarado, Philadelphia Phillies reliever, apologized on Instagram after returning two weeks early from his 80-game suspension for violating MLB’s drug policy.
- Major League Baseball’s drug policy banned Alvarado for 80 games after testing positive for exogenous testosterone, Dombrowski said the result stemmed from an offseason weight-loss drug.
- Without Alvarado, the Phillies bullpen posted a 4.33 ERA, and Thomson said `they've done pretty well without him` but expects Alvarado to add energy.
- Alvarado will forfeit $4.5 million this season and can begin a minor league assignment before Aug. 19, but remains ineligible for the postseason.
- Before Aug. 19, he figures to reenter the Phillies' late-inning relief mix at Citizens Bank Park, with manager Rob Thomson planning to ease him back into leverage situations.
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Philadelphia Phillies reliever José Alvarado has rejoined the team following an 80-game suspension for violating baseball’s performance-enhancing drugs policy.
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