{"id":897976,"date":"2026-09-16T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897976\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:04:10","slug":"former-mlb-draft-pick-cam-schiller-banned-from-softball-for-3-years-after-steroid-doping-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897976\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MLB Draft Pick Cam Schiller Banned from Softball for 3 Years After Steroid Doping Violation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Former MLB draft pick Cam Schiller won&#8217;t be able to play for USA Softball for three years due to a failed steroid test. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The International Testing Agency <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/ita.sport\/news\/the-ita-reports-that-softball-player-cameron-schiller-has-accepted-a-3-year-ban-for-his-anti-doping-rule-violation\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> Wednesday that Schiller has accepted a three-year ban for violating the organization&#8217;s anti-doping policy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Per the ITA, Schiller tested positive for norandrosterone in a sample collected on July 13, 2025. He was provisionally suspended the following month and a B sample confirmed the presence of the same steroid. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">By agreeing to accept the ban, Schiller&#8217;s suspension was reduced by one year from four to three. He will be eligible to return on Aug. 7, 2028. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The ITA also announced Schiller&#8217;s individual results from the 2025 WBSC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup, when his sample was originally collected, will be disqualified, including medals, points and prizes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Schiller hit .450\/.500\/.700 in six games for Team USA during the 2025 WSBC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup. The United States defeated Japan 10-1 in the bronze-medal game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">An infielder who played college baseball at Oral Roberts, Schiller was a seventh-round draft pick by the Texas Rangers in 2012. He played two seasons in Low-A before shifting to softball. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Schiller has played for the U.S. in the WSBC Men&#8217;s Softball World Cup three times since 2019. He won a bronze medal with the team in 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former MLB draft pick Cam Schiller won&#8217;t be able to play for USA Softball for three years due&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-897976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}