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Rockies pitcher Domingo Acevedo suspended 80 games for positive test under minor league drug program

Acevedo, 32, signed a minor league contract with the Rockies on May 1, playing for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes

FILE – Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Domingo Acevedo (68) follows through on a pitch from the mound during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, April 8, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
FILE – Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Domingo Acevedo (68) follows through on a pitch from the mound during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, April 8, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
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NEW YORK — Right-hander Domingo Acevedo, a three-year major league veteran pitching with Colorado’s Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, was suspended for 80 games Wednesday for a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol under the minor league drug program.

Acevedo, 32, started this season with Piratas de Campeche in Mexico and signed a minor league contract with the Rockies on May 1. He is 2-0 with a 5.81 ERA in six starts and two relief appearances for Albuquerque.

Acevedo was 4-4 with a 4.09 ERA in 89 relief appearances with Oakland from 2021-23, then was released.

He is the eighth player disciplined this year for a drug violation.

on March 3 after testing positive for exogenous testosterone and its metabolites. The failed test was Profar’s second offense under the drug rules.

on Jan. 9 after a positive test for Epitrenbolone. He signed with Arizona and returned to the major leagues on June 26.

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