The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that Julio Rodriguez, a Minor League pitcher in the Houston Astros organization, has been suspended 80 games without pay following a positive test for Nandrolone, a performance-enhancing substance. The violation falls under Major League Baseball’s Joint Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
Rodriguez, currently on the roster of the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks of the Texas League, will begin serving his suspension immediately.
