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Edinson Volquez suspended 50 games for PED use

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Possibly breaking news via Jon Heyman. Updates: Heyman verifies in a brief writeup on SI.com. There's also an MLB press release now. The New York Times says it's not steroids, but some other PED. And the press release says he starts serving the suspension tomorrow, with USA Today estimating his lost salary at around $140,000. From 700WLW: Volquez statement: Dominican doctor prescribed medication to help me and my wife start a family. Those meds were also an MLB-banned drug