{"id":502910,"date":"2026-03-04T09:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/502910\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:10:14","slug":"phillies-johan-rojas-to-fight-possible-80-game-drug-ban-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/502910\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies&#8217; Johan Rojas to fight possible 80-game drug ban: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">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 <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/johan-rojas-drug-suspension-phillies-91b9dfce2e7abebe077d8495c0e5150b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told The Associated Press on Tuesday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the positive test had not been announced.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Philadelphia Phillies' Johan Rojas plays during the first baseball game of a doubleheader Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Philadelphia.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/18673438_030326-wpvi-rojas-ap-img.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Phillies&#8217; Johan Rojas plays during the first baseball game of a doubleheader Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>(AP Photo\/Matt Slocum)<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">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 class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">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 class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">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 class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He has a .252 career average with six homers, 73 RBIs and 51 stolen bases over 250 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas is contesting a possible 80-game suspension by Major League Baseball following an alleged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[229165,363,99],"class_list":["post-502910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-229165","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502910","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=502910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}