Just days after former Dodger Dee Gordon was suspended for PED use, injured Dodgers reliever Josh Ravin has been suspended 80 games for violating Major League Baseball's policy regarding performance-enhancing substances.
The right-hander was suspended Monday for 80 games after a spring training drug test revealed a banned peptide in his system. Ravin suffered a fractured left forearm in a car accident during spring training and has not pitched. He was not expected back until June.
Ravin also suffered "a severe case of intestinal flu and strep throat" this spring. In a statement released through the MLB players' union, Ravin blamed a supplement he took to regain weight after the illness for the positive test.