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Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies star Lenny Dykstra stated Tuesday that he used to take performance-enhancing drugs with his breakfast.  

Jonah Birenbaum of theScore.com passed along comments the longtime outfielder made during an appearance on The Herd with Colin Cowherd about his PED habits:

High expectations lead to grand disappointments. For an alarmingly high number of MLB stars slumping in 2016, small sample sizes also don't help.

Any baseball player who sticks around long enough will endure a rough patch during his career. Most of these guys, however, are paid exorbitant salaries to avoid those ebbs and flows. It's one thing when the No. 7 hitter or back-end starter labors, but the award-winning star and nine-figure investment are supposed to rise above human fallibility.

Hype has such versatile usage in sports, like the English language’s version of Will Smith—a rapper, comedian and actor.

It’s employed to characterize a player, group of players, team, franchise, manager, executive and even owners. Basically, sports’ hype machine is applicable to any breathing organism in the world of sports.

The Los Angeles Dodgers definitely have problems in their bullpen, and they definitely need to seek out solutions.

What's not so definite is that Julio Urias is the one they're looking for.

For a sport that's not known for being fast-paced, time really flies in baseball. The 2016 MLB season is already a quarter of the way in the bag.

That means we're here for an updated look at the major awards races.

It's only May, and we're already running out of adjectives to describe New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard.

Dominant, nasty, transcendent, filthy, scintillating—they've all been used. Once you've named a guy after a Norse god/Marvel superhero, where is there to go?

How about this: best pitcher in the ace-rich National League East.

The Atlanta Braves may have broken new ground for awkwardness with the way in which manager Fredi Gonzalez reportedly found out he was fired.   

Following Brad Ausmus' outburst in the Detroit Tigers' 10-8 win over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night, MLB suspended the Detroit manager one game, per MLB.com's Jason Beck.

David Wright's injury woes are back, as the New York Mets third baseman is dealing with a back injury that will force him to miss at least one game. 

Continue for updates. 

Wright Scratched after Back "Flared Up"

Tuesday, May 17

Newsday's Marc Carig relayed the update.

Major League Baseball announced Tuesday it suspended Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor eight games for his part in a bench-clearing brawl Sunday, while Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista, among others, will receive a one-game suspension, per John Lott of Vice Sports: