It’s no secret that both the Major Leagues and the Minor Leagues conduct regular testing on players and these Baltimore Orioles minor leaguers made a stupid mistake.
The problem is not that they got caught, but that the tried to get away with it in the first place.
Being a professional athlete is not easy. The physical demands on the body are tough, but the solution for athletes is not to turn to banned substances. Unfortunately, Steve Wilkerson and Tucker Baca made bad choices and professional baseball delivers swift and harsh consequences.
What Wilkerson tested positively for
In December 2017, Wilkerson was found to have used an amphetamine and was punished with a 50-game suspension.