As a corner outfielder coming off back-to-back disappointing seasons at the plate, 32-year-old Max Kepler was already facing a challenging free agency.
It, uh, didn’t get any easier today:
MLB has announced that free agent OF Max Kepler has received an 80-game suspension after testing positive for Epitrenbolone, a performance enhancing substance, in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) January 9, 2026The long-time former Twin and recently former Phillie will have to serve that suspension at the front end of any contract he would sign this offseason, but it’s pretty hard to imagine a team giving him a guaranteed big league deal right now. You already didn’t know if you were getting a reasonable bench contributor just based on the last two seasons. Now? You REALLY don’t know what you’d be getting, even setting aside the fact that many clubs simply would not sign a player who just tested positive for a banned substance in any case.
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