Denver Post · Mar 7, 2019
Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright suspended 80 games for PEDs
Elise Amendola, Associated Press file In this Friday, June 22, 2018 file photo, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Steven Wright delivers to the Seattle Mariners during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright was suspended 80 games after testing positive for a substance that boosts growth-hormone development. The 34-year-old right-hander denied that he “intentionally ingested anything for performance-enhancing purposes” but accepted responsibility, as the ban deals a blow to the defending champions’ bullpen.