Overview

• Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Hader Blanco and free-agent right-hander Ismael Laureano have been suspended for 56 games each.
• The suspensions follow positive tests under baseball's minor league drug program.
• Both players tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol.
• Blanco and Laureano, both 18, were the first players disciplined this year under the minor league program.
• Last year, fifteen players were disciplined under the minor league program and Milwaukee Brewers right-hander J.C. Mejia was suspended 162 games under the major league program.