Steroid policy hits Latin Americans
By Chris Jenkins, USA TODAY

The majority of baseball players suspended for using
illegal performance-enhancing drugs this year are
natives of Spanish-speaking nations, spurring
questions about steroid use in Latin America and
leading some teams to address the issue in overseas
player development academies.

Three of the five major league players and 24 of the
47 minor league players suspended this season were
born in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto
Rico, Mexico or Cuba.

The rate of positive tests is higher than the overall
percentage of Latin American players — 25.7% of
opening-day rosters in the major leagues and 38.6% of
players signed to minor league contracts this season

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