Free-agent outfielder Max Kepler suspended 80 games for positive steroid test
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MINNEAPOLIS — Former Twins outfielder Max Kepler, currently a free agent after playing for the Philadelphia Phillies last year, received an 80-game suspension after he tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance, MLB announced.
Kepler, 32, was given the suspension on Friday, Jan. 9, after he tested positive for Epitrenbolone, an anabolic-androgenic steroid, which is in violation of Major League Baseball’s drug testing program.
After Kepler spent the first 10 seasons of his career with the Twins, which included a five-year, $35 million contract extension in 2019, he signed a one-year, $10 million deal with the Phillies ahead of the 2025 season. In Philadelphia, Kepler hit .216 with 18 homers and 52 RBIs in 127 games.
Kepler, the all-time home run leader at Target Field (84), accumulated 161 homers and 893 hits in 1,072 games with the Twins.
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