Miguel Tejada may be in trouble for use of amphetamines, but Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that the Kansas City Royals infielder has no connection to Anthony Bosch or the Biogenesis scandal, following a probe by the MLB.
"The Office of the Commissioner investigated all allegations regarding players associated with Anthony Bosch and Biogenesis," MLB said in a statement, according to ESPN. "The investigation found no violation by Miguel Tejada of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program."
Tejada was suspended 105 games last week due to testing positive for amphetamines for the third time. MLB also said that Tejada was the subject of an investigation for a possible connection to the Biogenesis scandal and performance enhancing drugs, but after a thorough search, it was discovered that Tejada was not in fact linked to Bosch's now-defunct clinic.
Bosch, who was the founder of the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic linked to selling PEDs to players, has been cooperative with the MLB in its investigation of the matter, and even helped the league figure out who in fact was part of the scandal. The MLB suspended 13 players in connection with the case, and New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has become the main focus of the scandal, as he's currently appealing an unprecedented 211-game ban through the 2014 regular-season for his alleged role.
ESPN reported that Bosch provided evidence that Tejada was implicated with Biogenesis and that the MLB had an option of either going after Tejada for his ties to the scandal or for once again using amphetamines and MLB chose the latter. However, on Wednesday news broke that Tejada had no affiliation with Bosch or the clinic.
Tejada, 39, was an MVP in 2002 and was hitting .288 with three homers and 20 RBIs in 53 games with the Royals this season before the suspension was handed down. Kansas City (64-60) is currently in third place in the American League Central, 8.5 games behind the division-leading Detroit Tigers and is six games behind the Oakland Athletics for the second wildcard spot.
Tejada was banned last week for 105 games due to his continued use of the drug Adderall. Tejada said he had a therapeutic use exemption handed to him from MLB which allowed him to use the drug, however it expired in April. The MLB Players Association argued that Tejada should have been able to play while Tejada awaited an extension on the exemption, but the MLB disagreed.
Tejada didn't dispute the suspension.
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