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Major League Baseball announced that right-handed pitcher Oscar De La Cruz has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for Furosemide, which is a Diuretic and masking agent.
De La Cruz was ranked third in the Chicago Cubs minor-league system by MLB Pipeline.
MLB says #Cubs prospect Oscar De La Cruz has received an 80-game suspension without pay after testing positive for Furosemide, a Diuretic and Masking Agent
— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) July 6, 2018
The 23-year-old has struggled in 2018, posting a 5.24 ERA in 16 starts with the Double-A Tennessee Smokies.
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#Cubs issued statement re: De La Cruz, saying they're disappointed. "The Cubs fully support the Program and its efforts to remove performance enhancing drugs from the game. We also expect Oscar to learn from this experience and will support him on his journey back."
— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) July 6, 2018
Overall in his minor-league career in the Cubs farm system, De La Cruz has a 3.39 ERA and 1.16 WHIP in 332 innings.
