{"id":517910,"date":"2026-03-04T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/517910\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:25:10","slug":"reports-phillies-rojas-to-fight-possible-80-game-drug-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/517910\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Phillies&#8217; Rojas to fight possible 80-game drug ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/phi\/philadelphia-phillies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42829\/johan-rojas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johan Rojas<\/a> is contesting a possible 80-game suspension by Major League Baseball following an alleged failed test for a performance-enhancing substance, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>Under MLB&#8217;s drug agreement with the players&#8217; association, the appeals process for an initial positive test for a performance-enhancing substance takes place before a public announcement of discipline.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47850662\/mlb-2026-spring-training-landing-page-schedule-highlights-updates\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/r1611427_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 25-year-old who made his major league debut in 2023, Rojas was dropped from the Dominican Republic&#8217;s World Baseball Classic roster, team general manager Nelson Cruz told reporters Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Rojas hit .224 with one homer, 18 RBIs and 12 stolen bases for the Phillies last season. He was demoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Aug. 1 and didn&#8217;t play for Philadelphia during the remainder of the season. Rojas is 1 for 11 for the Phillies during spring training.<\/p>\n<p>He has a .252 career average with six homers, 73 RBIs and 51 stolen bases over 250 games.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8212; Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas is contesting a possible 80-game suspension by Major League Baseball&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-517910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}