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- Updated: May 10, 2016
5:01 PM ET
Kansas City Royals infielder Raul Mondesi Jr. has been suspended 50 games without pay Tuesday as a result of a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance that was in over-the-counter cold medicine that he was taking.
Mondesi tested positive for Clenbuterol, which violates terms of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. According to multiple reports, Mondesi was originally suspended 80 games, but the ban was reduced after he was able to show the substance came from Subrox-C, an over-the-counter medication that he bought in the Dominican Republic.
“It is by far one of the hardest moments I have had to face in my life, but it is a decision that I accept and one that I take full responsibility for as a professional,” Mondesi said in a statement released by the MLB Players …
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