Jurickson Profar, postseason villain, suspended 80 games for PEDs
Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended 80 games after testing positive for a performance enhancing substance, Major League Baseball announced Monday.
The substance detected was human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a hormone produced by the placenta after a woman becomes pregnant that can stimulate testosterone production in men, according to the National Institutes of Health. Profar denied he took the substance knowingly.
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