Indians minor leaguer John Drennen has been suspended 50 games after testing positive for the banned substance Clomphene, which according to Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer “is a female fertility drug used to start ovulation.”
Drennen, who was the 33rd overall pick in the 2005 draft, is hitting .267 with three homers and an .811 OPS in 36 games at Double-A, repeating the level for a third time as a 24-year-old.
Fertility drugs are on MLB’s banned substances list because they can be used to stimulate testosterone production following steroid use. Manny Ramirez was suspended for fertility drugs in 2009 and police once found fertility drugs in Jose Canseco’s car, for instance.
