{"id":326243,"date":"2025-12-02T15:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/326243\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:23:08","slug":"mlbs-massive-testing-net-snags-just-two-ped-offenders-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/326243\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB\u2019s massive testing net snags just two PED offenders in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new report<\/a> from MLB\u2019s<\/a> Independent Program Administrator shows that just two players on 40-man rosters tested positive for performance-enhancing substances\u2014including chorionic gonadotrophin and testosterone\u2014out of 11,700 drug tests conducted during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Atlanta Braves<\/a> outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for 80 games<\/a> on March 31, 2025, after testing positive for chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), while Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> left-hander Jose Alvarado received an 80-game suspension<\/a> without pay for testing positive for exogenous testosterone.<\/p>\n

The report, released Dec. 1 by MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association, covers the period from the beginning of the 2024-2025 off-season through the conclusion of the 2025 postseason. Independent Program Administrator Thomas M. Martin submitted the findings as part of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program\u2019s requirement to issue an annual public report.<\/p>\n

Of the total tests conducted, 9,400 urine samples and 2,300 dried blood spot samples were collected and analyzed. The blood spot samples were specifically tested for human growth hormone.<\/p>\n

The UCLA Laboratory reported two adverse findings that resulted in disciplinary action\u2014one detecting hCG and the other testosterone\u2014both classified as performance-enhancing under MLB\u2019s drug prevention program.<\/p>\n

The program granted 57 therapeutic use exemptions during the reporting period. The vast majority\u201454 exemptions\u2014were for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The remaining three exemptions covered hypertension, a sleep disorder, and hormone function issues.<\/p>\n

The Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program operates under an agreement between the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball and the players\u2019 association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new report from MLB\u2019s Independent Program Administrator shows that just two players on 40-man rosters tested positive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-326243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}