Former Chicago Cubs catcher Taylor Teagarden has received an 80-game suspension without pay for violating MLB's joint drug prevention and treatment program, the league announced Friday.
The suspension will be effective Opening Day of the 2016 championship season, the MLB announced. 
Teagarden, 32, was among the many athletes -- including Peyton Manning and fellow MLB players Ryan Howard and Ryan Zimmerman -- accused of using PEDs in a report by Al Jazeera in December (charges that Manning, Howard and Zimmerman vehemently denied). Teagarden, however, was captured on video admitting he took a banned substance called Delta-2.
Greg Bouris, a spokesman for the Major League Baseball Players Association, said the union had no comment. Teagarden's lawyer, David Cornwell, did not respond to an email seeking comment.
Teagarden played eight games with the Cubs last year and spent the majority of the season at Triple-A Iowa. He became a free agent in October when he refused an outright assignment to the minors.
Teagarden, 32, was among the many athletes -- including Peyton Manning and fellow MLB players Ryan Howard and Ryan Zimmerman -- accused of using PEDs in a report by Al Jazeera in December (charges that Manning, Howard and Zimmerman vehemently denied). Teagarden, however, was captured on video admitting he took a banned substance called Delta-2.
Greg Bouris, a spokesman for the Major League Baseball Players Association, said the union had no comment. Teagarden's lawyer, David Cornwell, did not respond to an email seeking comment.
Teagarden played eight games with the Cubs last year and spent the majority of the season at Triple-A Iowa. He became a free agent in October when he refused an outright assignment to the minors.
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