Kansas City Royals infielder Miguel Tejada has been suspended for 105 games by Major League Baseball for testing positive for a banned amphetamine under the joint drug agreement, MLB has announced. The suspension is effective immediately.
Tejada has previously tested positive and was subject for a 25-game suspension for a second test. And then he failed a third test, which adds 80 games to the suspension according to Jeff Passan at Yahoo Sports.
Tejada was been slapped with the third-longest drug-related ban ever in MLB, after Alex Rodriguez 211 games and Steve Howe 119 in 1992.
Tejada did not appeal the penalties and will begin serving them immediately from the 60-day disabled list, where the Royals placed him this week with a strained calf. Tejada, 39, hit .288/.317/.378 with five doubles, three homers and 20 RBI for the Royals in 53 games this season as a utility infielder.
In his career, Tejada was an All-Star six times, won the AL MVP in 2002 and was one of the league’s best players for a stretch of around five years. He’s a career .285/.336/.456 hitter with 468 doubles, 307 homers and 1,302 RBI.
