According to Yahoo Sports, Yusaku Iriki has been suspended 50 games for violating the sport's ban on performance-enhancing drugs. Yusaku Iriki's performance had been enhanced by steroids to where, in his most recent appearance, he gave up four runs on 10 hits in five innings, in Norfolk's 5-0 loss to Scranton.
Iriki has been suspended for a test performed during Spring Training, so this is a major league suspension, with Iriki becoming the first player punished with the new, harsher penalties, as well as becoming the first Japanese player suspended for a positive steroid test at the major-league level.
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