Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-...#ixzz2adyQJw66Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez and eight other players to be suspended this week, MLB tells union officials: source
Overwhelming evidence gathered in case against A-Rod, who plans to appeal. Former Yankees Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon will not be punished as they have already been suspended for Biogenesis connections. Some players will escape as MLB did not collect enough evidence to warrant penalties.
BY BILL MADDEN , NATHANIEL VINTON , MICHAEL O’KEEFFE IN NEW YORK AND ROGER RUBIN IN TAMPA / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Major League Baseball officials told union leaders during a meeting at the Players Association’s midtown Manhattan offices on Tuesday that they plan to suspend Alex Rodriguez and eight other players who allegedly obtained performance-enhancing drugs from a South Florida anti-aging clinic.
Most of the players will be suspended for 50 games, but some – including the Yankees’ embattled superstar — face stiffer penalties for lying to MLB investigators or interfering in baseball’s year-long Biogenesis investigation.
Not all of the players linked to Biogenesis in media reports face discipline, sources have told The News. Two former Yankees — Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera and Oakland A’s pitcher Bartolo Colon — will not be punished because they already have been suspended as a result of their links to Biogenesis and its owner, self-styled “biochemist” Anthony Bosch.