TBO Rays · May 30, 2018
Rays journal: Gomez down on drug tests; Miller talks about shiner
OAKLAND — OF Carlos Gomez wants to make clear he isn't mad.
And that he has nothing to hide, willing to be drug tested however often.
But he feels very strongly that Major League Baseball needs to come clean and stop claiming players are chosen to be tested randomly.
"Hey I won the lottery again,'' Gomez shared as soon as the Rays clubhouse opened to the media Tuesday, noting it was the sixth or seventh time he had been tested in the first nine weeks of the season.
"It's not random. They pick names. Tell the truth. Tell the truth to the baseball world,'' Gomez said. "You're going to tell me this is random? It's not 1930 anymore. People know.