Former Yankees prospect Raimfer Salinas was suspended 80 games under baseball’s minor league drug program following a positive test for Nandrolone.
Former New York Yankees prospect Raimfer Salinas was suspended for 80 games Monday under baseball’s minor league drug program following a positive test for the performing-enhancing substance Nandrolone.The 22-year-old outfielder was released by the Yankees’ Class A Tampa Tarpons on Thursday.
He was 0-for-4 with an RBI groundout against Lakeland on April 8 in his only game this season after hitting .225 with five homers and 25 RBIs in 64 games for Tampa last year. Salinas signed with the Yankees in December 2017 for a $1.85 million bonus as one of the top international free agents available at the time.
He split 2018 with the Dominican Summer League Yankees and the Gulf Coast Yankees but a broken ring finger ended his season early. Salinas spent 2019 with the GCL team and 2021 with the Florida Complex League Yankees. The Venezuela native hit just .236 overall during his minor-league career with 14 homer runs and 71 RBIs with a.706 OPS. His best season came in 2019 in the Gulf Coast League where Salinas hit.270 with a .745 OPS in 159 at-bats as the team’s regular center fielder, but there were questions about his plate discipline.
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