Chapter[ X. Review of the Major League Baseball Joint Drug Prevention and
Treatment Program ]
Section[ B. 4. d. Discipline for Use or Possession of Prohibited Substances ]
d. Discipline for Use or Possession of Prohibited Substances
As discussed earlier in this report, the current written provisions of the joint
program do not provide for the possibility of discipline based on non-analytic evidence of a
violation of the program. However, in 2006, the Players Association and the Commissioner’s
Office agreed that imposition of a 50-game suspension on Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jason
Grimsley was permissible under the joint program under the circumstances; the suspension was
based on non-analytic evidence of a program violation.550 Since then, one other player has been
suspended for 50 games based on non-analytic evidence of a program violation, and in
December 2007, two players were each suspended for 15 days based on non-analytic evidence of
past violations.
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