Chapter[ VIII. Information Obtained Regarding Other Players’ Possession or Use of
Steroids and Human Growth Hormone ]
Section[ Josias Manzanillo ]
Josias Manzanillo
Josias Manzanillo pitched for eight teams in Major League Baseball between
1991 and 2004, the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, New York Yankees,
Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Florida Marlins.
Radomski stated that when he was working for the Mets in 1994, Manzanillo
asked Radomski to inject him with the steroid Deca-Durabolin that Manzanillo provided.
Radomski did so in the Mets clubhouse. Radomski said that this was the only instance in which
he actually observed a major league player using steroids.
In order to provide Manzanillo with information about these allegations and to
give him an opportunity to respond, I asked him to meet with me. His lawyer proposed
arranging an interview, but we were unable to do so before the completion of the investigation.
His lawyer provided the following proffer of what Manzanillo would say if he was interviewed:
Manzanillo claimed that a Mets clubhouse attendant nicknamed “Murdock”
approached him repeatedly in the early 1990s and encouraged him to buy steroids. (Radomski’s
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nickname when he worked in the Mets clubhouse was “Murdock.”) The clubhouse attendant
reportedly told Manzanillo that if he used steroids he would gain velocity on his fastball.
Manzanillo ultimately paid for one cycle of steroids from “Murdock” for approximately $200$
250. After paying for the steroids, Manzanillo’s lawyer said, he “chickened out or thought
better of it” and never actually took possession of the steroids. Through his lawyer, Manzanillo
denied ever using performance enhancing substances.
Radomski said that he did not sell any steroids to Manzanillo and that his only
substance-related involvement with Manzanillo was when he injected him with steroids in the
clubhouse. Radomski stated that he remembered the event clearly because it was the only time
he ever injected a player with steroids.
In 2001, Manzanillo was playing with the Pittsburgh Pirates. According to
records produced by the Commissioner’s Office, on September 7, 2001, Jose Cervantes was
detained by a resident security agent at the Angels’ stadium in Anaheim. Cervantes reportedly
was found in possession of various prescription medications; he admitted that he brought drugs
across the Mexican border and sold them to a number of major league players (but not steroids or
human growth hormone). Cervantes provided the investigators with the names of those players
to whom he had sold drugs; he also provided them with his cell phone and allowed them to
retrieve the telephone numbers of those players. Cervantes said that he provided antiinflammatory
medications to Manzanillo, and Manzanillo’s name and telephone number were
among those listed. Through his lawyer, Manzanillo said that he “knew nothing about such an
incident” or why his name was in Cervantes’s cell phone directory.
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