Blue Jays infielder suspended for 80 games days after making Major League debut

Toronto Blue Jays infielder Orelvis Martinez, who was recently called up to the majors, was suspended for 80 games on Sunday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.

Martinez tested positive for Clomiphene, the team announced. He made his Major League debut on Friday against the Cleveland Guardians.

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"For the past two years, I have been trying to start a family with my girlfriend. During the offseason, we visited a fertility clinic in the Dominican Republic and after getting lab work done, we were prescribed a treatment, which included a medication called Rejun 50," Martinez said in a statement through the MLB Players Association.

"Unfortunately, Rejun 50 contains a banned substance called Clomiphene. We wanted to keep this matter private, even within our family, and trusted the doctor who assured us this treatment did not include performance-enhancing drugs. Therefore, I made the mistake of not disclosing this to my team or the MLBPA. With that said, I took full responsibility for my actions and accepted my suspension."

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Martinez, 22, was an international signing from the Dominican Republic in 2018. He quickly moved up the Blue Jays’ farm system as he was ranked as high as 75th in Baseball America’s prospect rankings.

He played in 63 games for Triple-A Buffalo, hitting 16 home runs and batting .260.

"The Blue Jays fully support Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, and strongly believe in keeping the game on a level playing field," Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said.

"We were both surprised and disappointed to learn of Orelvis Martínez suspension. We will do everything in our power to ensure Orelvis has learned from this mistake."

He’s set to lose about half of his salary. He was making $740,000 in the majors and $120,600 in the minors.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Rockies score game-winning run on Nationals' historic pitch-clock violation

Sometimes, baseball is weird. And that point was underscored Saturday night in the Colorado Rockies’ 8-7 win over the Washington Nationals.

The Rockies loaded the bases in the ninth inning, with the game tied at 7-7. Rockies infielder Ryan McMahon was up at the plate with Nationals pitcher Kyle Finnegan on the mound. McMahon fell behind in the count 0-2, but fought back.

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The count was 3-2 when the unimaginable happened. Finnegan suffered a pitch-clock violation. Jake Cave came home to score the game-winning run and the Rockies celebrated.

It was the first time in MLB history that a game was decided by a pitch-clock violation. The pitch clock was instituted in 2023.

Finnegan leads the league with nine pitch-clock violations.

"I’m just trying to focus on the pitch and then location," Finnegan said. "I thought I picked up the clock. I guess by the time I picked up and looked at the catcher and delivered the pitch, I was just a hair too late. Those situations, it just can’t happen. We deserved to win, and I wasn't able to do my job."

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Finnegan came into the game for Hunter Harvey to try and close the game out. He allowed an RBI single to Brenton Doyle and then McMahon’s walk.

"You hate to see a game decided that way, but I’m happy it worked out in our favor," McMahon said. "I'm never looking (at the clock). I'm letting the umpire do his job. I didn't know what was going on until the umpire said something."

Finnegan had converted 21 of his last 23 save chances. He has a 2.30 ERA in 32 appearances.

"Kyle has had some trouble lately with the clock," Washington manager Dave Martinez said. "It hadn’t really cost him to that point, but it’s something that we’ve kind of felt like might come back to haunt him at some point. He could have stepped off, but it’s a tough situation."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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