Mets pitcher Mejia fails another drug test, banned for 162 games
Ban matches longest MLB has ever handed out
Major League Baseball suspended New York Mets pitcher Jenrry Mejia for 162 games after the Dominican failed a second drug test this season.
Mejia, 25, returned on July 12 from an 80-game suspension that began in April for using a performance-enhancing drug.
The latest suspension reportedly involved a positive test for the anabolic steroids stanozolol and boldenone.
The ban matched the longest for performance-enhancing substances in major league history – equalling that served by Alex Rodriguez last season.
Rodriguez returned this year and has been winning back fans despite his drug-tainted past, thanks in part to his 24 home runs so far in 2015.
Mejia had pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings of relief this season in a setup role, allowing four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.