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Pittsburgh Pirates News: Edgar Santana Suspended for 80 Games

The Pittsburgh Pirates and the rest of Major League Baseball took another step toward returning on Sunday. On Sunday, teams across the league announced their initial 60-man player pools and taxi squads for the 2020 season. You can read about the Pirates’ here.

There was also another bit of news for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. This news was not pleasant news, though. Right-handed reliever Edgar Santana has failed a PED test and will now have to serve an 80 game suspension.

Due to the regular season only being 60 games in 2020, this suspension will cause Santana to miss the entire season.