By- Yagya Bhargava
Rafael Palmeiro The first star player to be suspended for PEDs, The suspension came less than a month after Palmeiro became the fifth player to reach the milestones of 3,000 hits and 500 home runs.
Nelson Cruz A total of 13 players were suspended in 2013 as part of the Biogenesis scandal, and Cruz, an All-Star that season and a year away from becoming a consistent 40-homer threat , was among them
Manny Ramirez He was certainly the first big star to be suspended for PEDs twice. Manny was with the Rays and voluntarily retired following the second suspension.
Miguel Tejada Tejada, the 2002 AL MVP, tested positive for amphetamines, not testosterone or a hardcore anabolic steroid. Under the policy at the time, the first positive test for an amphetamine effectively came with a warning.
Alex Rodriguez A-Rod was originally suspended 214 games (the rest of the 2013 season and all of 2014), though he got it reduced to 162 games through appeal.
Fernando Tatis Jr. San Diego Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. had been suspended 80 games after testing positive for Clostebol, a performance-enhancing drug.