{"id":8400,"date":"2014-07-03T13:58:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=8400"},"modified":"2014-07-03T13:58:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:58:53","slug":"alfredo-aceves-suspended-50-games-for-positive-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/07\/03\/alfredo-aceves-suspended-50-games-for-positive-drug-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfredo Aceves suspended 50 games for positive drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/07\/alfredoaceves.jpg\" alt=\"alfredoaceves\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/07\/alfredoaceves.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/07\/alfredoaceves-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><br \/>\nAlfredo Aceves has been suspended for 50 games for a positive drug test.<\/p>\n<p>While the drug that caused Aceves to test positive has not been identified, it is not a performance enhancer.<\/p>\n<p>Aceves, 31, has been pitched at Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre since being designated for assignment on June 4.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Source: Yankees minor league pitcher Alfredo Aceves suspended 50 games for positive test for drug of abuse. Aceves currently at AAA.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan\/statuses\/484748695045689345\">July 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is unlikely that Aceves will return to the majors at any point this season after posting a 6.52 ERA in 19 1\/3 innings this year for the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>He has appeared in seven games \u2014 five as a starter \u2014 with a 3.29 ERA in Triple-A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfredo Aceves has been suspended for 50 games for a positive drug test. While the drug that caused Aceves to test positive has not been identified, it is not a performance enhancer. Aceves, 31, has been pitched at Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre since being designated for assignment on June 4. Source: Yankees minor league pitcher Alfredo Aceves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[283,503,501,38],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-8400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-alfredo-aceves","9":"tag-front","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york-yankees"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8402,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8400\/revisions\/8402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}