"Free agent outfielder Max Kepler has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance, Major League Baseball announced on Friday, a ruling that sidelines the veteran as he looks for his next club. The suspension stems from a positive test for epitrenbolone, a metabolite of the prohibited steroid trenbolone prohibited under MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The ban takes effect immediately and would apply if Kepler signs with a team during the 2026 season."
"Epitrenbolone has been linked to past anti-doping cases across professional sports. In 2018, the substance was cited in the suspension of heavyweight boxer Manuel Charr after a positive test halted his title defense. It was also at the center of a US Anti-Doping Agency case involving a 90-year-old American cyclist who was stripped of a masters world record in 2020."
Max Kepler, a 33-year-old free agent outfielder, has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for epitrenbolone, a metabolite of the banned steroid trenbolone. The suspension is effective immediately and would apply if Kepler signs with a team during the 2026 season. Kepler spent ten years with the Minnesota Twins and played last season with the Philadelphia Phillies, holding the MLB career home run record for German-born players. MLB cited a violation of the jointly administered drug policy with the players' union; the league provided no details on the test circumstances or whether Kepler will appeal. Epitrenbolone has appeared in other anti-doping cases.
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