Dodgers shortstop Jose Hernandez suspended for 2025 ACL season under minor league drug program

NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Jose D. Hernandez was suspended Wednesday for next year’s Arizona Complex League season after testing positive for boldenone and nandrolone under baseball’s minor league drug program.

The 21-year-old Hernandez hit .302 with four homers and 21 RBIs in 26 games with the ACL Dodgers this year. The Venezuelan player agreed to a contract with the Dodgers in 2019 that included a $10,000 signing bonus.

Twenty players have been suspended for positive drug tests this year, nine under the minor league program and nine under the new program for minor league players assigned outside the United States and Canada.

This year, two players were suspended under the major league drug program.

Christmas MartéThe 22-year-old infielder, considered Cincinnati’s best chance, missed the first 80 games after testing positive for boldenone.

Toronto infielder Orelvis Martínez It was announced on June 23 that he was suspended for 80 matches after testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug clomiphene. Two days after his first league match.

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