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Source:ESPN
Outfielder Marlon Byrd, who admitted to working with the man whose center triggered a federal investigation of steroids use and distribution among athletes, has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
The league announced on Monday that the free agent has received a 50-game suspension after testing positive for Tamoxifen. He will be put on the restricted list and will remain there until Aug. 20.
Byrd was released by the Boston Red Sox earlier this month.
While with the Chicago Cubs in spring training, Byrd admitted that was the only player in baseball who still worked with Victor Conte. His Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative was at the center of the steroid scandal surrounding Barry Bonds, among others.
Byrd, however, insisted that he wasn't breaking any rules. He did say that commissioner Bud Selig had asked him to sever ties with Conte.
"[The pressure from MLB] does bother me sometimes," Byrd said in spring training. "But I think there should be pressure on everybody.
"I'm always going to watch what I take. I'm not going to say I have a bull's-eye on my back, but I think a lot of people are waiting for me to get my first positive test and miss 50 games. They'd like that just so they can say, 'We told you so.' I know that won't happen. I know I'm clean. I know the supplements I take are clean. I'm going to make sure of that."
Byrd is a career .278 hitter with 82 homers and 445 RBIs over 11 seasons with the Phillies, Nationals, Rangers, Cubs and Red Sox.
The league announced on Monday that the free agent has received a 50-game suspension after testing positive for Tamoxifen. He will be put on the restricted list and will remain there until Aug. 20.
Byrd was released by the Boston Red Sox earlier this month.
While with the Chicago Cubs in spring training, Byrd admitted that was the only player in baseball who still worked with Victor Conte. His Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative was at the center of the steroid scandal surrounding Barry Bonds, among others.
Byrd, however, insisted that he wasn't breaking any rules. He did say that commissioner Bud Selig had asked him to sever ties with Conte.
"[The pressure from MLB] does bother me sometimes," Byrd said in spring training. "But I think there should be pressure on everybody.
"I'm always going to watch what I take. I'm not going to say I have a bull's-eye on my back, but I think a lot of people are waiting for me to get my first positive test and miss 50 games. They'd like that just so they can say, 'We told you so.' I know that won't happen. I know I'm clean. I know the supplements I take are clean. I'm going to make sure of that."
Byrd is a career .278 hitter with 82 homers and 445 RBIs over 11 seasons with the Phillies, Nationals, Rangers, Cubs and Red Sox.