Former Twins OF Max Kepler Receives 80-Game PED Suspension

[Woof Bronzer]

So the guy who was so concerned about the purity of the athlete's body that he refused to get vaccinated for COVID decided to inject himself with a cow steroid explicitly unsafe for humans?  What an enormous, pathetic hypocrite.

 

[Woof Bronzer]

On 1/9/2026 at 3:52 PM, stringer bell said:

It's been my understanding that players do PEDs to return quicker from injuries. IDK if that's totally accurate, but it seems recent PED users haven't physically changed their bodies. 

Do cow steroids help a person return quicker from injuries?  

[bean5302]

1 hour ago, Woof Bronzer said:

Do cow steroids help a person return quicker from injuries?  

Different PEDs do different things. In Kepler's case, it's not like HGH or recovery PEDs, it was an anabolic steriod designed to build muscle. 

Anyway, I'd say Kepler's career is officially over.

[Woof Bronzer]

3 hours ago, bean5302 said:

Different PEDs do different things. In Kepler's case, it's not like HGH or recovery PEDs, it was an anabolic steriod designed to build muscle. 

Anyway, I'd say Kepler's career is officially over.

Yeah I mean it sure sounds like he was literally beefing up...

[Doctor Wu]

11 hours ago, bean5302 said:

Anyway, I'd say Kepler's career is officially over.

Yep, I can't see a player his age, with his declining mediocre stats, making a comeback after this.

[jmlease1]

18 hours ago, nicksaviking said:

You're the only one though, that's why they were first ballot HOF.

Sosa & McGuire? Sosa without the 'roid boost doesn't get any real consideration. He was a good player, not a great one, until he started using.

McGuire? Always been a bit overrated and more Cecil Fielder/Ryan Howard than a clear hall of famer. Cut the steroid years back down to size and he'd definitely on the outside looking in. Hells bells, you drop the pure storybook action of 1998 out of his tale and even his stats with all the 'roiding sits borderline.

Lot of crap came out of the steroid era. It was not baseball nirvana for sure.

[bean5302]

Honestly, I'm not a fan of this happening at all. Kepler represented a totally new market for baseball, and he was a fan favorite at the stadium, even if he wasn't always appreciated here in the forums. This suspension sucks for all of baseball.

[RpR]

3 hours ago, jmlease1 said:

Sosa & McGuire? Sosa without the 'roid boost doesn't get any real consideration. He was a good player, not a great one, until he started using.

McGuire? Always been a bit overrated and more Cecil Fielder/Ryan Howard than a clear hall of famer. Cut the steroid years back down to size and he'd definitely on the outside looking in. Hells bells, you drop the pure storybook action of 1998 out of his tale and even his stats with all the 'roiding sits borderline.

Lot of crap came out of the steroid era. It was not baseball nirvana for sure.

The fans enjoyed it,  that is all that mattered.

[RpR]

23 hours ago, Woof Bronzer said:

So the guy who was so concerned about the purity of the athlete's body that he refused to get vaccinated for COVID decided to inject himself with a cow steroid explicitly unsafe for humans?  What an enormous, pathetic hypocrite.

 

He paid his money and took his chances, but he lost.

Not related to the Virus bs.

[Rod Carews Birthday]

2 hours ago, bean5302 said:

Honestly, I'm not a fan of this happening at all. Kepler represented a totally new market for baseball, and he was a fan favorite at the stadium, even if he wasn't always appreciated here in the forums. This suspension sucks for all of baseball.

I would agree that I'm not a fan of this happening either.  However, I think it is appropriate to poke a bit at this pristine athlete with very strange views. It was stupid.  He got caught.  No sympathy from me.  

Before someone says "what about all of those guys that didn't get caught?", I don't think it's possible to determine that someone was using if they didn't get caught.  I certainly think that it's a whole lot more likely that they were clean than guys who did get caught.  

This is likely game - set - match for Mr. Kepler. 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

On 1/10/2026 at 2:48 PM, nicksaviking said:

You're the only one though, that's why they were first ballot HOF.

Neither are in the hall despite being eligible for decade+?

[Woof Bronzer]

 

19 hours ago, RpR said:

He paid his money and took his chances, but he lost.

Not related to the Virus bs.

Interesting way of describing cheating. 

Maybe one day Kepler will get over his fear of injections that help other people.  

[Linus]

14 minutes ago, Woof Bronzer said:

 

Interesting way of describing cheating. 

Maybe one day Kepler will get over his fear of injections that help other people.  

I don’t think Max is the sharpest knife in the drawer. 

[nicksaviking]

17 hours ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

Neither are in the hall despite being eligible for decade+?

Almost like that was the point of my post

[Richie the Rally Goat]

4 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Almost like that was the point of my post

[RpR]

3 hours ago, Woof Bronzer said:

 

Interesting way of describing cheating. 

Maybe one day Kepler will get over his fear of injections that help other people.  

Other people can got  what Col. Klink told them to do , their problem not his.

[Fatbat]

Interesting to bring up a “vaccine” that government forced into some humans, others bribed, just to keep their jobs VS. a free man is forced by MLB to not inject other things into his body just to play a game and get paid for it…. 

[Fatbat]

On 1/9/2026 at 10:27 PM, twinstalker said:

Was the drug a hallucinogenic?  Because he rarely squared up anything.

He squared up on Trevor Bauer regularly