According to Yahoo! Sports’ Jeff Passan, Major League Baseball is set to suspend Kansas City veteran infielder Miguel Tejada 105 games for a second positive Amphetamines test.
Sources: MLB to suspend former AL MVP Miguel Tejada 105 games for amphetamines. Tested positive twice. Story coming soon at Yahoo! Sports.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 17, 2013
Because Tejada had previously tested positive under the league’s amphetamine policy, he was subject to a 25-game ban for a second positive, which was found in a test this season. A third positive, in close proximity to the second, called for an additional 80-game suspension, totaling a concurrent 105.It will be the third-longest non-lifetime suspension ever levied by MLB, behind the Alex Rodriguez’s pending 211-game ban and Steve Howe’s 119-day sanction in 1992. Major League Baseball could announce Tejada’s discipline as soon as Saturday afternoon.
The 39-year old Tejada is already on the 60-day DL for a strained right calf however with this latest news it’s likely that his Major League career is over.
