Four minor league pitchers have been suspended this season by Major League Baseball after being caught using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs, signaling a stronger crackdown in the game's feeder system than in the big leagues during a historically dominant stretch by pitchers.
Chicago White Sox right-hander Marcus Evey of Low-A Kannapolis received a 10-game ban from MLB after he was ejected from a May 13 game when umpires discovered a foreign substance.
Three more players were suspended 10 games after being busted last weekend -- Sal Biasi of High-A Winston Salem in the White Sox system, Kai-Wei Teng of High-A Eugene with the San Francisco Giants and Mason Englert of Low-A Down East with the Texas Rangers.