Former Latest York Yankees prospect Raimfer Salinas was suspended for 80 games Monday under baseball’s minor league drug program following a positive test for the performing-enhancing substance Nandrolone.
Nandrolone is a sort of anabolic steroid.
The 22-year-old outfielder was released by the Yankees’ Class A Tampa Tarpons on Thursday.
He was 0-for-4 with an RBI groundout against Lakeland on April 8 in his only game this season after hitting .225 with five homers and 25 RBIs in 64 games for Tampa last 12 months.
Salinas signed with the Yankees in December 2017 for a $1.85 million bonus as certainly one of the highest international free agents available on the time.
He split 2018 with the Dominican Summer League Yankees and the Gulf Coast Yankees but a broken ring finger ended his season early. Salinas spent 2019 with the GCL team and 2021 with the Florida Complex League Yankees.
The Venezuela native hit just .236 overall during his minor-league profession with 14 homer runs and 71 RBIs with a.706 OPS. His best season got here in 2019 within the Gulf Coast League where Salinas hit.270 with a .745 OPS in 159 at-bats because the team’s regular center fielder, but there have been questions on his plate discipline.
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Salinas is certainly one of six players who’ve been disciplined under the minor league program this 12 months.
They include pitchers Richard Cardoza (Mets), Jeremy Castro (Royals), Ricardo Estrada (Giants), Jose Serrano (Astros), Miguel Gonzalez (Diamondbacks), and infielder Christian Suarez (Braves). All six were suspended for 60 games.
