What is the number of players on each major league team that have tested positive for steroids?
Question:I am trying to find out how many players (major leaguers and affiliated minor leaguers) have tested positive for performance enhancing drugs under Major League Baseball's new performance enhancing drug policy.
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Here are the players and teams who have been suspended for steroids under MLB's new policy, which became effective in 2005. From 2002 to 2005, baseball tested for steroids but no suspensions were ever handed down.2005:
Alex Sanchez, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Jorge Piedra, Colorado Rockies
Agustin Montero, Texas Rangers
Jamal Strong, Seattle Mariners
Juan Rincon, Minnesota Twins
Rafael Betancourt, Cleveland Indians
Rafael Palmeiro, Baltimore Orioles
Ryan Franklin, Seattle Mariners
Mike Morse, Seattle Mariners
Carlos Almanzar, Texas Rangers
Felix Heredia, New York Mets
Matt Lawton, New York Yankees
2006:
Yusaku Iriki, New York Mets
Jason Grimsley, Arizona Diamondbacks
Guillermo Mota, New York Mets
2007:
Juan Salas, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
As you can see, the Mets and Mariners have each had three players test positive.
The Rangers and Devil Rays have had two.
The Yankees, Orioles, Diamondbacks, Indians, Twins, and Rockies have each had one player test positive.
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