Chapter[ VIII. Information Obtained Regarding Other Players’ Possession or Use of
Steroids and Human Growth Hormone ]
Section[ Brendan Donnelly ]
Brendan Donnelly
Brendan Donnelly is a pitcher who has played with two teams in Major League
Baseball since 2002, the Los Angeles Angels and Boston Red Sox. He was selected to play in
the All-Star game in 2003.
Radomski said that Donnelly was referred to him by Adam Riggs. Both Riggs
and Donnelly played for the Angels in 2003 and 2004. Radomski recalled that Donnelly called
him in 2004 looking for Anavar, an anabolic steroid. Radomski made one sale to Donnelly of
Deca-Durabolin for which Donnelly paid $250 to $300.
In considering whether to trade for Donnelly in 2007, Red Sox baseball
operations personnel internally discussed concerns that Donnelly was using performance
enhancing substances. In an email to vice president of player personnel Ben Charington dated
December 13, 2006, Zack Scott of the Red Sox baseball operations staff wrote of Donnelly: “He
was a juice guy but his velocity hasn’t changed a lot over the years . . . If he was a juice guy, he
could be a breakdown candidate.”427 Kyle Evans of the baseball operations staff agreed with
these concerns, responding in an email that “I haven’t heard many good things about him, w[ith]
significant steroid rumors.”428
427 Email from Zack Scott to Ben Cherington, dated Dec. 13, 2006.
428 Email from Kyle Evans to Jed Hoyer, Zack Scott, Theo Epstein, Ben Cherington,
Craig Shipley, Brian O’Halloran, and Allard Baird, dated Dec. 13, 2006.
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In order to provide Donnelly with information about these allegations and to give
him an opportunity to respond, I asked him to meet with me; he declined.
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