100 game suspension for Guillermo Mota

[Cowtipper]

Not too often are players dumb enough to get caught TWICE.

LOS ANGELES — Right-hander Guillermo Mota was suspended 100 games by Major League Baseball for testing positive for Clenbuterol, a performance-enhancing drug.

Mota, 38, served a 50-game suspension in 2007 while pitching for the New York Mets. He is the third player to be penalized twice under the Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

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[Joe33]

Pity for him he probably doesn't have the kind of influence Ryan Braun does.

[milladrive]

Wow, what an idiot! Once is a mistake. Twice is just plain stupid.

Unbelievable.

But if he served 50 games the first time, I can't help but wonder why the second time is only 100 games. Imho, the punishment should be more harsh than simply double the original. One would think MLB would take this a bit more seriously than that.

[dominik]

Wow, what an idiot! Once is a mistake. Twice is just plain stupid.

Unbelievable.

But if he served 50 games the first time, I can't help but wonder why the second time is only 100 games. Imho, the punishment should be more harsh than simply double the original. One would think MLB would take this a bit more seriously than that.

in olympic sports you get a lifetime ban. I think the problem here is not the MLB but the players union.

[Bulldog19]

It was tainted! It grew the substance in the collection container during transport.. :joking:

[PVNICK]

Wow, what an idiot! Once is a mistake. Twice is just plain stupid.

Unbelievable.

But if he served 50 games the first time, I can't help but wonder why the second time is only 100 games. Imho, the punishment should be more harsh than simply double the original. One would think MLB would take this a bit more seriously than that.

I think these are union negotiated penalties. 100 games sounds like a lot but it's barely 1/2 a season. I'm pretty sure in Olympic sports and cycling the bans are usually in terms of years.

[dominik]

I think these are union negotiated penalties. 100 games sounds like a lot but it's barely 1/2 a season. I'm pretty sure in Olympic sports and cycling the bans are usually in terms of years.

right. First time two years second time life sentence.

[KCGHOST]

Mota has made something like $17.2M for pitching 850 or so innings. Maybe he wasn't so dumb after all.

[GiambiJuice]

Pity for him he probably doesn't have the kind of influence Ryan Braun does.

Pity for him, the integrity of his sample wasn't compromised by a foolish pee collector.

[Joe33]

Pity for him, the integrity of his sample wasn't compromised by a foolish pee collector.

For all we know, it may have been. Mota probably won't reach the stage where he even questions that.

[west coast orange and black]

a penalty of 100 gamesis costly; losing that money is not chickenfeed.

i believe that mota's 2012 playing contract is at or near $1,000,000 for the season.
if so his earnings will drop by approximately $617,000.
that's a lotta snap.

[DonnieBaseball]

Pity for him he probably doesn't have the kind of influence Ryan Braun does.

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the thread title.

[KevinWI]

in olympic sports you get a lifetime ban. I think the problem here is not the MLB but the players union.

MLB's punishment for testing positive for PEDs is:
1st time - 50 games
2nd time - 100 games
3rd time - lifetime ban

[fenrir]

He should get his money back because whatever he took wasn't doing squat for him.

[Rich the Giants fan]

The substance is reported to be Clenbuterol, a stimulant used by asthma patients, that can be abused. He claims it was in a bottle of cough syrup.

Idiot. At age 38, he may have cost himself any chance of future employment beyond this season.