Kepler Suspension Background Story

[MN Brian]

Found this on the Phillies Nation site and found it interesting in terms of the background on Kepler’s PED suspension.  He acknowledged being responsible but not guilty, which is an interesting positioning.  If true, it's a sad by-product of the need to crack down on PED use.  Of course, no way to know if there was an intent to take PEDs or not.

https://philliesnation.com/2026/09/philadelphia-phillies-arizona-diamondbacks-max-kepler-ped-suspension-september-3-2026-mlb-update/

[Dave Borton]

Extremely interesting article from PhilliesNation.

From the US Anti-Doping Agency, "...Testing positive due to meat contamination is exceedingly rare. Since 2019, USADA has conducted more than 60,000 tests on almost 11,000 athletes, and there have been two cases where positive tests were attributed to consumption of meat in the U.S. food supply, specifically from liver and oxtail."

https://www.usada.org/spirit-of-sport/anabolic-agents-meat-contamination/