PITTSBURGH -- Suspended pitcher Ervin Santana would be ineligible for the postseason should the resurgent Twins make it that far for the first time since 2010.
The Joint Drug Agreement added that provision in 2014 after Nelson Cruz and Jhonny Peralta went from 50-game suspensions to postseason appearances the previous October.
According to Section 7-H-2 on page 41 of the 60-page document, any player suspended for performance-enhancing drugs "shall be barred from participating in the postseason (including, without limitation, being in uniform during his club's postseason games) during the season in which his suspension commenced even after completion of his suspension.