NEW YORK -- Former New York Yankees prospect Raimfer Salinas was suspended for 80 games Monday under baseball's minor league drug program following a positive test for the performing-enhancing substance Nandrolone.
The 22-year-old outfielder was released by the Yankees' Class A Tampa Tarpons on Thursday. He was 0-for-4 with an RBI groundout against Lakeland on April 8 in his only game this season after hitting .225 with five homers and 25 RBIs in 64 games for Tampa last year.
Salinas signed with the Yankees in December 2017 for a $1.85 million bonus. He split 2018 with the Dominican Summer League Yankees and the Gulf Coast Yankees, spent 2019 with the GCL team and 2021 with the Florida Complex League Yankees.