Over the course of 11 games this season with High A Peoria, 24-year-old Leonardo Taveras was 1-1 with two saves and 38 strikeouts in 20 1/3 innings.
NEW YORK After testing positive for the performance-enhancing steroid clomiphene, St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Leonardo Taveras was suspended for 80 games on Monday under baseball’s minor league drug program.
Right-hander Darlin Francia of the Los Angeles Angels received a 56-game suspension after testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug stanozolol.
Over the course of 11 games this season with High A Peoria, the 24-year-old Taveras was 1-1 with two saves and 38 strikeouts in 20 1/3 innings.
With the Arizona Complex League Angels, the 19-year-old Francia is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in two starts and three relief appearances.
This season, eight players have received disciplinary actions under the minor league program.
