{"id":502191,"date":"2026-03-04T00:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/502191\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:33:07","slug":"phillies-outfielder-johan-rojas-contesting-possible-80-game-drug-suspension-ap-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/502191\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas contesting possible 80-game drug suspension, AP source says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas is contesting a possible 80-game suspension by Major League Baseball following\u2026<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas is contesting a possible 80-game suspension by Major League Baseball following an alleged failed test for a performance-enhancing substance, a person familiar with the process told The Associated Press on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the positive test had not been announced.<\/p>\n<p>Under MLB\u2019s drug agreement with the players\u2019 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>A 25-year-old who made his major league debut in 2023, Rojas was dropped from the Dominican Republic\u2019s 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\u2019t 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>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright<br \/>\n                        \u00a9\u00a02026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas is contesting a possible 80-game suspension by Major League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-502191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502191","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=502191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}