MLB upholds 80-game suspension for Phillies' Johan Rojas after appeal

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Johan Rojas volition officially beryllium suspended 80 games without wage by Major League Baseball aft an unsuccessful entreaty aft investigating for a banned performance-enhancing drug.

The league announced Rojas’ authoritative suspension of Rojas, the Philadelphia Phillies outfielder, aft investigating affirmative for Boldenone, an anabolic steroid.

The quality broke earlier this period that Rojas, 25, failed the test. As a result, not lone did helium look an MLB suspension, but helium was removed from the Dominican Republic’s World Baseball Classic (WBC) roster.

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Johan Rojas of the Philadelphia Phillies looks connected against the Miami Marlins astatine Citizens Bank Park connected June 28, 2024 successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

The D.R. fell to Team USA, 2-1, successful the WBC semifinals connected Monday night, arsenic the second present heads to the last to await the victor of Venezuela and Italy.

Rojas won’t beryllium capable to play until the 2nd fractional of the MLB season, and if the Phillies scope the playoffs, helium volition not beryllium eligible for the roster.

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Rojas has played his full vocation with the Phillies frankincense far, making his big-league debut successful 2023. After violative struggles, Rojas saw a demotion backmost to the insignificant leagues successful 2024, though helium inactive managed to play 120 games for Philadelphia.

In 2025, Rojas slashed .224/.280/.289 with a .569 OPS implicit 71 games for the Phillies. He deed conscionable 1 location tally and tallied 18 RBI crossed 172 sheet appearances.

Johan Rojas of the Philadelphia Phillies makes a drawback against the Chicago Cubs astatine Wrigley Field connected July 2, 2024 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Before helium was suspended, Rojas was hitting .167 implicit 24 outpouring grooming at-bats.

With his entreaty denied, Rojas became the 2nd large leaguer to beryllium slapped with a lengthy suspension, though Atlanta Braves prima Jurickson Profar volition beryllium forced to miss the full 2026 play aft getting a 162-game suspension for his 2nd PED offense.

Profar was suspended 80 games past play aft a affirmative trial successful March for chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), which is simply a hormone that helps nutrient testosterone successful the body.