Mariners’ Tim Beckham suspended for 80 games for positive performance-enhancing drug test

Tim Beckham’s 2019 season is over.

On Tuesday morning, Major League Baseball announced Beckham has been suspended for 80 games, effective immediately, after testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug Stanozolol.

Beckham started as the Mariners’ opening-day starting shortstop and put up prodigious numbers at the plate early in the season. But with that came a myriad of errors in the field. He eventually lost his starting job to J.P. Crawford and watched his playing time and production at the plate steadily dwindle as the season wore on.

He was candidate to be designated for assignment in the coming days, which might have been a blessing to find more playing time. But now, he won’t be…