On Monday, suspensions were handed down by Major League Baseball to thirteen players that were connected to defunct anti-aging clinic Biogenesis of America. Through an investigation by MLB, Biogenesis was found to be distributing performance-enhancing drugs to players, including the thirteen suspended on Monday as well as four others that have already been punished for their involvement.
The seventeen players involved with Biogenesis run the gamut from superstar to impact player to minor leaguer. It made me wonder just how formidable a team of alleged PED users would hold up against their peers. Soooooo, I conducted an experiment of my own, utilizing MLB 13: The Show for the PlayStation 3.
I took all 17 Biogenesis players and placed them on the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (you see what I did there?), a AA affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. While I had 12 position players, I only had 5 pitchers. Since I would only need one starter for this experiment I just filled out the remaining relief spots, using other pitchers that had been suspended by MLB for using PEDs.
After all the maneuvering, I came out with the following roster:
Starting Pitcher: Bartolo Colon
Relief Pitchers: Fautino de los Santos, Sergio Escalona, Daniel McCutchen*, Guillermo Mota*, Jordan Norberto, and J.C. Romero*
Closer: Antonio Bastardo
Catchers: Yasmani Grandal
1st Base: Jesus Montero
2nd Base: Jordany Valdespin
3rd Base: Alex Rodriguez
Shortstop: Everth Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta
Left Field: Ryan Braun
Center Field: Melky Cabrera
Right Field: Nelson Cruz, Fernando Martinez, and Cesar Puello
Designated Hitter: Francisco Cervelli
The three pitchers with asterisks by their name weren't involved with Biogenesis. Daniel McCutchen was suspended back in April for 50 games. Guillermo Mota has been suspended twice; first in 2006 for 50 games then for 100 games in 2012. J.C. Romero was suspended for 50 games in 2009.
The experiment is simple: I play each of the MLB's 30 teams at their home fields and record the results. It will be interesting to see not only how this team holds up against the rest of the majors, but how to other teams will fare without some of their players.
So will the (alleged) cheaters prosper? Results in the coming days.
Starting Pitcher: Bartolo Colon
Relief Pitchers: Fautino de los Santos, Sergio Escalona, Daniel McCutchen*, Guillermo Mota*, Jordan Norberto, and J.C. Romero*
Closer: Antonio Bastardo
Catchers: Yasmani Grandal
1st Base: Jesus Montero
2nd Base: Jordany Valdespin
3rd Base: Alex Rodriguez
Shortstop: Everth Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta
Left Field: Ryan Braun
Center Field: Melky Cabrera
Right Field: Nelson Cruz, Fernando Martinez, and Cesar Puello
Designated Hitter: Francisco Cervelli
The three pitchers with asterisks by their name weren't involved with Biogenesis. Daniel McCutchen was suspended back in April for 50 games. Guillermo Mota has been suspended twice; first in 2006 for 50 games then for 100 games in 2012. J.C. Romero was suspended for 50 games in 2009.
The experiment is simple: I play each of the MLB's 30 teams at their home fields and record the results. It will be interesting to see not only how this team holds up against the rest of the majors, but how to other teams will fare without some of their players.
So will the (alleged) cheaters prosper? Results in the coming days.
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