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Fernando Abad—who generally lived up to part of his surname while in Boston—
has been suspended 80 games under minor league baseball's drug program. The 32-year-old lefty tested positive for the steroid
Stanozolol. Over Abad's eight-year MLB career, he has gone 8-27 with a 3.65 ERA. In addition to his two years in
Carmine Hose, Abad has played for Houston, Washington, Oakland and Minnesota. He was released from a minor-league contract by the Phillies this past March. In addition to more than three dozen minor league suspensions this year, there have been eight under the
big-league program:
Robinson Cano,
Welington Castillo,
Dean Deetz,
Raudy Read,
Nik Turley,
Jorge Bonifacio,
Thomas Pannone and
Jorge Polanco.
