Jaime Ortiz of the Miami Marlins gets suspended for 50 games
23-year old lefty swinging 1B Jaime Ortiz has been suspended for the next 50 games due to testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. Ortiz has played in 14 games in AA-ball this year for the Marlins and he is 6 for 32 (.188 avg, .606 OPS) with 2 runs scored, 1 homer and 4 RBIs. He has now played in 476 games in his first four years in the minors and he is 413 of 1,666 (.248 avg, .703 OPS) with 185 runs scored, 45 homers, 209 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. Ortiz isn’t a legit prospect and this will likely push him a lot farther down in the pecking order at 1B in the Marlins’ organization.