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Marlins Rookie Pitcher Campbell Gets 80-Game Drug Suspension

The 25-year-old Campbell said he never knowingly ingested performance-enhancing drugs.

May 4, 2021

Miami Marlins rookie right-hander Paul Campbell was suspended 80 games on Monday after testing positive for an anabolic steroid in violation of Major League Baseball’s drug program.

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The suspension involving the performance-enhancing drug dehydrochlormethyltestosterone was effective immediately, MLB said.

The 25-year-old Campbell, a Rule 5 acquisition in December from Tampa Bay, said he never knowingly ingested the PED, or had even heard of it.

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