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Verlander wants stronger penalties for PEDs
- Updated: April 29, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been one of Major League Baseball’s most outspoken players regarding positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs resulting in immediate suspensions and not allowing players to play while an appeal runs its course.
With news of Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon being suspended 80 games, Verlander echoed his stance that any positive test should result in players being taken off the field.
“It’s my opinion,” Verlander told reporters Friday before the Tigers opened a series against the Twins. “I think if a guy has tested positive, I don’t think that they should be on the field affecting the outcome of baseball …
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