Dodgers prospect A. Lambo suspended for 50 games

[DirtyKash]

Andrew Lambo Suspended 50 Games

by Eric Stephen on May 1, 2010 3:38 PM PDT

Dodger prospect Andrew Lambo has been suspended 50 games for violating baseball's drug policy, per Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times. Hernandez also notes the suspension was for a "drug of abuse."

The Dodgers released an official statement:

The Dodgers are disappointed to learn of this news and we fully support Major League Baseball’s drug policy and its penalties. The organization does not condone the use of any substance not sanctioned by MLB’s medical staff.

Lambo, voted by TBLA readers as the sixth-best Dodger prospect this offseason, was hitting .342/.390/.566 for Double A Chattanooga.

The guy who is supposedly being groomed to replace Manny (who himself received a 50-gamer), has just received a 50-gamer. Oh, the irony.

[realmofotalk]

It seems to infer he was using a drug to get high rather than PED's. He did get caught smoking the reefer in high school.

[Kingdom]

That's kinda sad if he got 50 games for pot. I know it's not legal and blah blah blah, but that's in no way gaining a competitive edge.

[realmofotalk]

A fellow Dodger fan at another forum I go to was clever enough to post a picture of a marijuana plant field and added the caption "Lambo Field".