After receiving a season-long ban for PED use from Major League Baseball this afternoon, Marlon Byrd released a statement explaining how the supplement Ipamorelin entered his system.
Tamoxifen, for which Byrd previously served a suspension, is typically used by steroid users to stunt male breast growth. At the time, Byrd stated that he "had surgery for a condition that was private and unrelated to baseball. Last winter, I suffered a recurrence of that condition and I was provided with a medication that resulted in my positive test. Although that medication is on the banned list, I absolutely did not use it for performance-enhancement reasons.