Brewers minor-league pitcher Jeremy Jeffress, who started the year with Huntsville before being demoted, has been suspended for 100 games for testing positive for a drug of abuse, Major League Baseball announced today.
The severity of the suspension is because it's his third violation.
Jeffress was with high-Class A Brevard County. The right-hander was fourth on Milwaukee's Baseball America preseason prospect list. He had a 7.57 ERA in eight starts at Huntsville before a mid-May demotion. Jeffress had a 2.18 ERA and 16 hits allowed in six starts at Brevard and appeared close to returning to the Stars.
There is no suspension for a player's first violation for a drug of abuse. Jeffress missed the end of the 2007 season and start of 2008 after his second violation. He tested positive for marijuana.
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