In Jenrry Mejia's first extensive public comments since becoming the first player to be permanently suspended by Major League Baseball for failing three tests for performance-enhancing substances, the Mets reliever told the New York Times that he was the victim of a witch-hunt by the league.
Mejia also told the Times that the players' union should have found grounds for an appeal.
The 26-year-old Mejia originally was handed an 80-game suspension in April for a positive test for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid. In July, three weeks and seven appearances into his return with the Mets, he was suspended 162 games for testing positive for both stanozolol and boldenone.