• Mr. Intangible Reports coming out of Cleveland indicate that Marlon Byrd has tested positive for PED. If they prove accurate, it will be Byrd’s second violation. He was suspended for 50 games in 2012. Byrd is hitting .270/.326/.452 for Cleveland. He played in three of the four games against the Reds, going 5-14, scoring 4 runs and knocking in 4 runs.
When the Reds made Marlon Byrd their big acquisition before the 2015 season, Walt Jocketty praised Byrd for the “way he played the game:”
“We looked at all the possibilities of type of players we identified – guys who were going to provide run production and leadership,” Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said.