{"id":605356,"date":"2026-03-04T08:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/605356\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:24:16","slug":"phillies-outfielder-johan-rojas-contesting-possible-80-game-drug-suspension-ap-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/605356\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas contesting possible 80-game drug suspension, AP source says"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas is contesting a possible 80-game suspension by Major League Baseball following an alleged failed test for a performance-enhancing substance, a person familiar with the process told The Associated Press on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the positive test had not been announced.<\/p>\n

Under MLB\u2019s drug agreement with the players\u2019 association, the appeals process for an initial positive test for a performance-enhancing substance takes place before a public announcement of discipline.<\/p>\n

A 25-year-old who made his major league debut in 2023, Rojas was dropped from the Dominican Republic\u2019s World Baseball Classic roster, team general manager Nelson Cruz told reporters Monday.<\/p>\n

Rojas hit .224 with one homer, 18 RBIs and 12 stolen bases for the Phillies last season. He was demoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Aug. 1 and didn\u2019t play for Philadelphia during the remainder of the season. Rojas is 1 for 11 for the Phillies during spring training.<\/p>\n

He has a .252 career average with six homers, 73 RBIs and 51 stolen bases over 250 games.<\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas is contesting a possible 80-game suspension by Major League…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2290],"tags":[1769,5,1931,4290,182,6158,4,256,320,1727,3838,25,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-605356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-associated-press","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-doping","11":"tag-fl-state-wire","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-johan-rojas","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-mlb-baseball","16":"tag-nelson-cruz","17":"tag-pa-state-wire","18":"tag-pennsylvania","19":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","20":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116169951339871251","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}