Performance-enhancing drugs in baseball have become a issue in the 2016 Major League Baseball season. Baseball has always had this issue, but this season is by far one of the worst. Jenrry Majia of the New York Mets has been given a life time ban from baseball because he has been caught three times for taking steroids. Abraham Almonte of the Cleveland Indians, Daniel Stumpf of the Philadelphia Phillies, Chris Colabello of the Toronto Blue Jays, and Dee Gordon of the Miami Marlins have each been given an 80-game suspension because of steroids. Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major league baseball is putting his foot down when it comes to performance enhancing drugs in baseball.
This steroid problem did not start in 2016, rather it has been going on for many years. Some of the players you might remember are Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez, and so many more. This problem needs to change because if it doesn't, the game of baseball will be adversely affected.
In the past couple years, there has been young talented players in Major League Baseball that have been accused of taking PED all because of their power. A example of that is Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins. In 2012, he hit 37 home runs. People automatically thought he's on steroids, but he worked hard for all 37 home runs. Ryan Braun hit 41 home runs in 2012. People also thought he was taking steroids. Players in baseball are being wrongly accused of taking PEDs just because of their home run power. This is a problem that needs to be addressed with more serious penalties. Punish the players that are truly taking steroids, and leave the honest players that work hard alone so we don't suspect everyone.
