Takeaways from MLB Week 9

This week we said goodbye to some big MLB names, albeit some for a longer stretch of time than others. But none were more publicized than that of Cleveland Indians outfielder Marlon Byrd.

Wednesday, the league announced that Byrd would be suspended 162 games after his second positive test for performance-enhancing drugs.

His was not the first positive test for PEDs this season. So yet again, it sparked debate as to whether MLB’s policies and punishments are successfully legislating PED use out of the game.

But you’re probably also wondering: What other goodbyes had an impact on teams around MLB?

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