The top player prospect in the Red Sox system, third baseman Michael Chavis, will miss half the season after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, Major League Baseball announced today.
Chavis, the Red Sox' top pick in the 2014 draft, accepted the suspension but in a statement expressed puzzlement over how Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone was found in his system during an offseason drug test.
“Over the past several months, I have been searching for an answer as to how a prohibited substance I have never heard of, DHMCT, was detected in my urine during the offseason. It is a question that unfortunately has not been answered and I have run out of time for now to find an answer.