NEW YORK (AP)—St. Louis Cardinals minor league infielder Wilfred Vivas was
suspended for 50 games Monday after a positive test for a banned substance under
baseball’s minor league drug program.

Vivas, on the Cardinals’ Venezuelan Summer League team last season, tested
positive for metabolites of Methandienone, the commissioner’s office said. The
penalty will be served next season.

Sixty-seven suspensions have been announced this year under the minor league
program, 40 involving players in the Dominican Summer League and 11 for players
in the Venezuelan Summer League.

Just three players have been suspended this year under the major league
program, all for 50 games: San Francisco catcher Eliezer Alfonzo, Colorado
catcher Humberto Cota and Florida pitcher Henry Owens.