CLEVELAND – Major League Baseball suspended two low-level Cubs players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
The commissioner’s office announced the punishments on Thursday, identifying right-handers Assael Aquino and Luiz Escanio of the Dominican Summer League Cubs. Both players got suspended without pay for 72 games after testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol.
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Aquino and Escanio have been viewed as fringe prospects. Each pitcher will turn 23 years old next month.
This round of PED violations also included a 72-game suspension without pay for Minnesota Twins minor-league right-hander Daulin Ramirez, who was on a Dominican Summer League team.