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Brisbee: Guillermo Mota Suspended For 100 Games For Positive PED Test

Con 5.06 ERA….............

Oh, hello, unexpected news.

Morosi: BREAKING: Guillermo Mota of #SFGiants receives 100-game suspension after testing positive for Clenbuterol, a performance-enhancing substance

If whatever he was taking was performance-enhancing, I sure as hell hope he saved the receipt.

...Mota was some sort of warped, dystopian version of a setup man this year. I liked how Bochy used him last year; I was terrified of how he was being used this year. Looks like it’s all for naught now.

A 100-game suspension will put him out until the end of August, which makes me think he’ll be back with the team when the rosters expand. If he was pitching like that with the PEDs, though, I shudder to think what Mota’s like au naturel these days.

Repoz Posted: May 07, 2012 at 04:32 PM | 30 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: May 07, 2012 at 04:46 PM (#4125628)

So does that mean we get to erase all his shitty stats from the record books?

2. JJ1986 Posted: May 07, 2012 at 04:54 PM (#4125636)

Too bad Omar Minaya isn't a GM anymore. He would love to sign Mota next year.

3. Nasty Nate Posted: May 07, 2012 at 04:55 PM (#4125639)

This guy's career has got a little bit of everything: conversion from position player, being part of controversial and blockbuster trades, famous brawls, the world series, and now a drug suspension.

4. Sweatpants Posted: May 07, 2012 at 04:58 PM (#4125644)

This guy's career has got a little bit of everything: conversion from position player, being part of controversial and blockbuster trades, famous brawls, the world series, and now a drug suspension.

He's one of the few guys with a season in which he homered in his only AB.

Edit: Looked it up - it was actually his first career AB, too.

5. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: May 07, 2012 at 05:30 PM (#4125672)

This is going to kill the Giants. Mota would have gotten them a dozen outs in the next 100 games.

6. Fernigal McGunnigle has become a merry hat Posted: May 07, 2012 at 06:22 PM (#4125715)

He's one of the few guys with a season in which he homered in his only AB.

This is why BBRef's PI is such a time sink. Someone makes a statement like this and of course you have to see who else has done it.

Rk            Player HR   SLG Year Age  Tm Lg  G
1     Gustavo Chacin  1 4.000 2010  29 HOU NL 44
2    Felix Hernandez  1 4.000 2008  22 SEA AL 31
3       Eddie Rogers  1 4.000 2005  26 BAL AL  8
4        Esteban Yan  1 4.000 2000  25 TBD AL 43
5     Guillermo Mota  1 4.000 1999  25 MON NL 51
6       Buster Narum  1 4.000 1963  22 BAL AL  7
7      Bill LeFebvre  1 4.000 1938  22 BOS AL  1 

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 5/7/2012.

Hernandez and Yan also had a sac bunt, so they don't really count. Eddie Rogers is my favorite on the list. He was a position player who appeared in 8 games and scored 4 runs, but only got 1 PA.

7. Joey B. has ignited his October #Natitude Posted: May 07, 2012 at 07:05 PM (#4125750)

Wow, there's someone in baseball as stupid as Manny Ramirez is. I have to admit I didn't think that was possible.

8. X-Roid User Posted: May 07, 2012 at 07:09 PM (#4125754)

Clenbuterol is used mainly for weight loss by bodybuilders, or for increased lung capacity by endurance athletes. What gain a MLB pitcher thinks he would get out of that drug is a head scratcher to me. Though Mota never struck me as the sharpest knife.

9. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: May 07, 2012 at 07:19 PM (#4125756)

Wow, there's someone in baseball as stupid as Manny Ramirez is.

I was walking down the Manny Ramirez the other day, when the Manny Ramirez by a sudden Manny Ramirez of Manny Ramirez.

10. Der_K Posted: May 07, 2012 at 07:54 PM (#4125782)

Not sure why mota's performance is getting *that* much flack. Not that bad and <10 innings...

11. Chris Fluit Posted: May 07, 2012 at 07:59 PM (#4125785)

Not sure why mota's performance is getting *that* much flack. Not that bad and <10 innings...

I looked up his game by game performance. He got rocked for 5 runs (4 earned) at Coors Field in his second appearance but since then he's slowly brought his ERA down from 15.43 to 5.06. He has six scoreless appearances in his 9 games and he has 9 Ks in 10 innings. So yeah, not that bad.

12. tshipman

Posted: May 07, 2012 at 08:01 PM (#4125787)

Not sure why mota's performance is getting *that* much flack. Not that bad and <10 innings...

He was bad last year, too.

He's a bad pitcher, really. Although the Mets fans are upset because he was bad 5 years ago.

13. CrosbyBird Posted: May 07, 2012 at 09:23 PM (#4125889)

5.06*

14. PreservedFish Posted: May 07, 2012 at 09:28 PM (#4125896)

This guy's career has got a little bit of everything: conversion from position player, being part of controversial and blockbuster trades, famous brawls, the world series, and now a drug suspension.

Uh, it already had the last one.

Also, I really do hate Mota, and wish him ill. And he's ugly.

15. Lassus Posted: May 07, 2012 at 09:31 PM (#4125899)

He's a bad pitcher, really. Although the Mets fans are upset because he was bad 5 years ago.

Actually they are mostly mad because he threw at Piazza.

16. TDF, situational idiot Posted: May 07, 2012 at 09:52 PM (#4125925)

This guy's career has got a little bit of everything: conversion from position player, being part of controversial and blockbuster trades, famous brawls, the world series, and now a drug suspension.

...and a Rule V pick, too!

17. AJM Posted: May 07, 2012 at 10:19 PM (#4125959)

I'm against these suspensions, but wouldn't mind seeing Mota get a lifetime ban.

18. Ebessan Posted: May 07, 2012 at 10:20 PM (#4125961)

Clenbuterol is used mainly for weight loss by bodybuilders, or for increased lung capacity by endurance athletes.

That's for what Alberto Contador tested positive in 2010, for example.

19. Knock on any Iorg Posted: May 07, 2012 at 10:43 PM (#4125994)

Honest question, are these tests foolproof? Could he have tested positive for clenbuterol while it was caused by another substance? MLB Network said he will appeal.

20. Why Bloody Valdespin? Posted: May 07, 2012 at 10:51 PM (#4126015)

Clenbuterol is used mainly for weight loss by bodybuilders, or for increased lung capacity by endurance athletes.

I'm guessing he used it for the latter purpose, so he could more effectively run away like a ##### after throwing a fastball at someone's head.

21. The Mohole* of David Wells (* - Piehole)

Posted: May 07, 2012 at 11:31 PM (#4126091)

This guy's career has got a little bit of everything: conversion from position player, being part of controversial and blockbuster trades, famous brawls, the world series, and now a drug suspension.

Uh, it already had the last one.

Also, I really do hate Mota, and wish him ill. And he's ugly.

Exactly, now it's got even more of everything: 2 drug suspensions!

22. The Mohole* of David Wells (* - Piehole)

Posted: May 07, 2012 at 11:32 PM (#4126092)

Third strike is a life ban, right? It's like the only thing he's missing. His crowning achievement....

23. hokieneer Posted: May 08, 2012 at 12:15 AM (#4126110)

My fondest memory of Mota was him saving 50 games for me in MVP 2005 on PS2.

24. cercopithecus aethiops Posted: May 08, 2012 at 07:52 AM (#4126166)

Third strike is a life ban, right?

For anabolic steroids. Clenbuterol is not a steroid. Are all PEDs treated the same now?

25. zonk Posted: May 08, 2012 at 09:35 AM (#4126193)

Mota's agent claims it was children's cough syrup that tripped up Mota... that or herpes... but probably children's cough syrup.

26. Don't want the truth; just wanna see some dingers Posted: May 08, 2012 at 11:17 AM (#4126294)

Purple drank

27. base ball chick Posted: May 08, 2012 at 11:56 AM (#4126339)

can someone explain why a substance which is not a performing enhancer for baseball players is called a performing enhancer and banned?

28. Heinie Mantush (Krusty) Posted: May 08, 2012 at 12:11 PM (#4126357)

Clenbuterol is used mainly for weight loss by bodybuilders, or for increased lung capacity by endurance athletes. What gain a MLB pitcher thinks he would get out of that drug is a head scratcher to me. Though Mota never struck me as the sharpest knife.

Isn't Clen popular for PCT? I think that might be what it's a banned PED. Like HCG, it's indicative of use of other substances.

29. X-Roid User Posted: May 08, 2012 at 03:47 PM (#4126644)

can someone explain why a substance which is not a performing enhancer for baseball players is called a performing enhancer and banned?

I would imagine because it can act like a stimulant. Were I a MLB pitcher and looking for a stimulant, I think clen would be last on my go-to list.

I read a claim in the ESPN article that clen has "anabolic effects. Athletes and body builders use it to build muscle and burn fat." Burn fat yes, but I've never heard of a study that proves that it builds muscle. From what I remember, clen has anabolic effects on livestock due to an abundance of alpha3 receptors, which humans lack.

Isn't Clen popular for PCT?

No.

30. Randy Jones

Posted: May 08, 2012 at 03:52 PM (#4126656)

can someone explain why a substance which is not a performing enhancer for baseball players is called a performing enhancer and banned?

The answer to your question.

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