One of the worst things to go through in life, is to be accused of something you know you are innocent of. For former Blue Jays player Chris Colabello, this feeling is something he lives with to this very day.
Back in 2015, Colabello had found a new lease of life in Toronto after being picked up off waivers by the Blue Jays.
During a season when he played a career-high 101 games, he led the team with a .321 batting average and was fourth with a .886 OPS.
The first baseman/outfielder helped the Blue Jays end their 21-year playoff drought and seemed to have found a new home in Southern Ontario.
Then came the fateful date of April 22, 2016, when an announcement came which forever changed his life.
Suspended by MLB
Colabello was suspended 80 games without pay, for violating Major League Baseball’s performance-enhancing drug policy, As reported at the time by Sports Illustrated, he had tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.
The former Minnesota Twin free agent signing was understandably devastated by the turn of events. As per The Canadian Press via TSN, he released a statement which read:
