Melky Cabrera Suspended 50 Games for Performance Enhancing Drugs
Melky Cabrera, the MVP of the 2012 MLB All-Star game, has been suspended by the league 50 games for use of testosterone, a performance-enhancing drug.
Not surprisingly, Cabrera was having the best year of his career, hitting .346 and leading the National League in runs and hits.
[UPDATE: Cabrera, who was possibly in line for a big free agent payday, has admitted he cheated. "My positive test was the result of my use of a substance I should not have used ... I am deeply sorry for my mistake." Cabrera will sit out the final 45 games of the regular season, then the first five games of the postseason, and then be eligible to play, assuming San Francisco hasn't been eliminated.]
[UPDATE: Tyler Kepner reports Cabrera was one at-bat shy of qualifying for the NL batting title. He's currently 2nd to Andrew McCutchen, and ahead of Joey Votto. UPDATE: Kepner now says under a quirky rule, Cabrera can take an 0-for-1 and still win the batting title. Apparently you can take 0-fors until you meet the minimum requirement. Come on McCutchen, go into a funk so we can all laugh at Cabrera winning the batting crown!]
Previously: The Melky Cabrera for Jonathan Sanchez Trade Has Been Kind of Lopsided
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August 15th, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Still lasted longer than Sanchez.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
He just use the Hope Solo defense and say it was part of prescribed menstrual medicine.
Does this mean that the result of the All Star game gets overturned? Shows how stupid giving home field based on an exhibition can be.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Theo Epstein’s name just hit Brian Sabean’s caller ID like 52 times in a row. TAKE SORIANO!!!!
August 15th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Lattimer approves
August 15th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
FRAUD
August 15th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
Braves fans are loving this
August 15th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Legalize it.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:55 PM
SHUT IT DOWN
August 15th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
He only did it for the fangs. The fangs in the bay area.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Legalize whatever Sosa & Bonds & McGwire were on, too. Everyone’s cheating, might as well be out in the open about it.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
He was brought up learning The Yankee Way, so this is not surprising at all.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Makes me happy, makes the wild card race that much more wide open.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
FRAUD
That’s the scarlet letter!
August 15th, 2012 at 2:57 PM
No, it’s not a drug.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Yes, but modestly so. Melky’s probably worth 1 win over 50 games.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
Not sure if you are joking or not…but I completely agree.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
Yeah, and everyone in the NBA is a pothead.
August 15th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
While we are at it, can we get rid of all the BBWAA writers that won’t vote in Bonds/Clements next year?
August 15th, 2012 at 3:00 PM
He’s not over 40. Awful young to have low-T.
Least now, he’s got time to chase the ladies, amirite?
August 15th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Does this mean that the result of the All Star game gets overturned? Shows how stupid giving home field based on an exhibition can be.
Dang right.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
SC – Why make this about the NBA? and pot? does Pot enhance your performance?
bad look for Melky, given his best year ever and AS game MVP. steroids almost got him a $50 mil payday
August 15th, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Pictured: How big his dick looks in comparison to his nuts.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:02 PM
This is the part of SABR I just can’t get on board with. Losing what has been your best hitter for the remaining 46 games of the season can’t just be worth one measly game.
Don’t bother explaining it. I’m fine in my ignorance on this one.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
My comment was as logical as your first one.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
I laughed…he took you literally.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
At least he’s owning it.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Typical Yankee.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
My wife says it enhances my performance.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
You ever seen the triangle offense …. ON WEED???????
August 15th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
I’d have liked the apology earlier than now. He didn’t seem all that remorseful before the results were released.
Would have been interesting at the ASG if, when given the award, he stands there and says “I can’t accept this, because I’m a cheatin’ piece of…”
/team “don’t give a damn about your apology after the fact”
While we’re at it, I also wish Gladys Knight and Pam Grier would stop in on me this afternoon.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
You ever see Steve Nash get blown by by any capable guard in the league … ON WEED???????
August 15th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
While we are at it, can we get rid of all the BBWAA writers that won’t vote in Bonds/Clements next year?
This.
/Hey, the Hall of Fame is to chronicle the history of the game.
//Yeah…but we are going to leave out the best players from a 15 year period. (Whether they ever tested positive for ANYTHING or not.)
August 15th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Stone cold.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
(Whether they ever tested positive for ANYTHING or not.)
To be clear, not referring to Bonds/Clemens/McGuire with that comment. More Jeff Bagwell.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
You ever see Steve Nash get blown by by any capable guard in the league … ON WEED???????
Seeing Steve Nash get blown would not be enhanced by drug use. At least, that’s what I hear.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
Plate appearance. Not being a dick, just trying to be accurate.
And the Giants would have to leave a roster spot open for him in order to add him to the roster. They’d play with 24 men the first 5 games of the postseason. Plus, minor league season would be over by then. No chance to get back into shape.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Fuck Jeff Bagwell, he didn’t do anything to stop it.
/Jeff Pearlmann’d
You are deeply sorry for getting caught. It’s not really a mistake, it’s just you being a cheating asshole. Let’s not pretend you slipped and fell on a syringe of testosterone.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
“Pssst, Melky: If you are having trouble getting back into baseball shape, I have some stuff that will help you out”
/100 games next year
August 15th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
And the Giants would have to leave a roster spot open for him in order to add him to the roster. They’d play with 24 men the first 5 games of the postseason. Plus, minor league season would be over by then. No chance to get back into shape.
If they made it, they would likely leave him off the NLDS and add him if they move on to the NLDS. They would be really stupid to hold a spot for at most 2 games.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:18 PM
I heard this in Barry Bonds’ voice.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:18 PM
It’ll be hilarious when players like Pudge get in and when they get to the podium to speak at their HoF induction they just start laughing.
/U MAD?
August 15th, 2012 at 3:18 PM
To be fair, if there is any clubhouse in MLB that could have unused PED-laced syringes just laying around it would be SF
August 15th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
Tyler Kepner reports Cabrera was one at-bat shy of qualifying for the NL batting title.
Brutes.
You are deeply sorry for getting caught
What is he really thinking? It’s like walking out in Salem, dressed like a witch during the trials. Sad.
/just plain sad, not pathetic
August 15th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
Reds have lost the best hitter in the National League (and probably MLB) and have made out okay so far, and they have a similar offense to SF.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
move on to the NLDS.
*NLCS
August 15th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
There’s already enough men in SF jumping on testosterone-filled syringes
/euphemism’d
August 15th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Come again?
August 15th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
This is the part of SABR I just can’t get on board with. Losing what has been your best hitter for the remaining 46 games of the season can’t just be worth one measly game.
Don’t bother explaining it. I’m fine in my ignorance on this one.
Reds have lost the best hitter in the National League (and probably MLB) and have made out okay so far, and they have a similar offense to SF.
I would have gone with “lots of people on a baseball team.”
August 15th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Are you going by anything but WAR? Assuming the Giants had a replacement level-player, it seems like he’d be worth about 2 wins above replacement over 45-50 games.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
UPDATE: Kepner now says under a quirky rule, Cabrera can take an 0-for-1 and still win the batting title. Apparently you can take 0-fors until you meet the minimum requirement. Come on McCutchen, go into a funk so we can all laugh at Cabrera winning the batting crown!]
Come again?
If you don’t meet minimum plate appearance requirements for the batting title you’re allowed to add 0-whatever plate appearances to your current total to reach it. If that would still leave you in first you win said batting title.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
That would make Melky a 7 WAR player over a full season. I can probably count on 1 hand the number of true talent 7 WAR guys in MLB, and he’s not one of them.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Quirky indeed.
Are MLB players eligible for postseason awards with a steroid suspension?
August 15th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
You can certainly argue he isn’t a true talent 7 WAR guy, but he is at 4.5 at this point according to fangraphs.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
[UPDATE: Tyler Kepner reports Cabrera was one at-bat shy of qualifying for the NL batting title. He's currently 2nd to Andrew McCutchen, and ahead of Joey Votto. UPDATE: Kepner now says under a quirky rule, Cabrera can take an 0-for-1 and still win the batting title. Apparently you can take 0-fors until you meet the minimum requirement. Come on McCutchen, go into a funk so we can all laugh at Cabrera winning the batting crown!]
Pretty sure that players on teams that are contracted before the end of the season cannot win the batting title.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Braves fans (like me) are just pissed he wasn’t juicing in 2010
August 15th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
What’s Miguel Cabrera’s WAR? The Tigers would be under .500 without him.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
I think he was at 4.8 so far this year…so he was probably headed to 6. 7 def a reach though.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Right, but we’re talking about what we think he’ll do over 50 games.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:31 PM
I was just going by 4.8 WAR in 113 games. If he kept up that production, he’s pretty close to 2/50 games (WAR of 6.2 ish). I’m not saying it’d happen, but it’s got more basis than a guess of 1.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Are MLB players eligible for postseason awards with a steroid suspension?
I’m not sure. I think they are, but I also don’t think they could possibly win any of them so it is a moot point.
Right, but we’re talking about what we think he’ll do over 50 games.
I don’t think he does very well.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:33 PM
I didn’t make a guess. I just looked at his rest of season projection, which considers more than just his first 100ish games of this season. Why cut your sample size off like that?
August 15th, 2012 at 3:34 PM
The Tony Gwynn rule, IIRC. I think one year he had it locked up but fell short of qualifying.
/google tells me the rule was in place, but 1996 was the last time it was invoked, for Gwynn
August 15th, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Silver slugger was what I was wondering about…
And Palmiero’s gold glove laughs at a full season’s worth of work to get an award.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
August 15th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Gotcha.
Did the formula know he started using steroids for this year? Because that would alter the ability to project based on pre-PED usage.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:38 PM
And Palmiero’s gold glove laughs at a full season’s worth of work to get an award.
Not a matter of needing the bulk numbers. Just don’t think the writers would vote for anyone with a steroid suspension for their awards. A significant portion of the players/managers probably would, but I’m not sure enough to win it for a guy.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:40 PM
Does the correlation between cumulative WAR and team wins get weaker at the extremes?
August 15th, 2012 at 3:40 PM
Menstrual medication gives you a mustache? You learn something new every day. Did she use the same defense to explain her new cock and balls?
August 15th, 2012 at 3:53 PM
If I liked numbers as much as I like history, I’d totally be jerking it to these comments.
August 15th, 2012 at 3:58 PM
“My positive test was the result of my use of a substance I should not have used … I am deeply sorry for my mistake.”
I think he meant over-the-counter supplements
August 15th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
I was curious who would Tweet out this story, so I click the link, and out of the 31 tweets, 5 are from TBL. That is percisely why I unfollowed him.
August 15th, 2012 at 4:04 PM
Braves fans are loving this
Yes. Yes I am.
Couldn’t have happened to a bigger jackass.
August 15th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
He uses Barry Bonds’ old locker
August 15th, 2012 at 4:13 PM
So he gets back to his signature round shape when he gets back, ya?
August 15th, 2012 at 7:12 PM
Did not realize Mark Twain was eligible for the HOF.