NEW YORK -- Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Adrian Salcedo has been suspended for 144 games under baseball's minor league drug program following a positive test for a metabolite of Boldenone, a banned performance-enhancing substance.
While with the Minnesota Twins' organization last year, Salcedo was suspended for 80 games on April 29 following a positive test for the performance-enhancing drug Tamoxifen and the banned stimulant Heptaminol. He returned to make seven appearances in August at Double-A and Triple-A, then was suspended for 100 games on Sept. 1 following a positive test for Heptimonal.
Salcedo became a six-year minor league free agent after the season and signed with the Dodgers in September.