MLB free agent outfielder suspended 80 games after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substance

Major League Baseball announced Friday that free agent outfielder Max Kepler received an 80-game suspension following a positive test for a banned performance-enhancing substance.

Kepler, 32, tested positive for epitrenbolone, which is a metabolite of trenbolone. The substance is found in some products sold at bodybuilding stores and has been used to promote cattle growth.

Kepler spent the first 10 seasons of his career with the Minnesota Twins after signing there as a 16-year-old in 2009.