The professional career of a former Arizona Wildcats baseball standout has taken a major hit due to a failed drug test, the second he’s had since getting drafted less than two years ago.
JJ Matijevic, who had been playing first base for the Texas Rangers’ Double-A affiliate in Corpus Christi, Texas, has been suspended 50 games for a second positive test for a “drug of abuse,” according to Chandler Rome of Houston Chronicle. The specific drug was not revealed.
A 2017 second-round pick of the Rangers, Matijevic was hitting .240 with two home runs and seven RBI in 19 games this season with Corpus Christi.