Author Topic: Whitely Suspended? (Read 3466 times)

juliogotay · « **on:** February 21, 2018, 09:55:15 am »

Olney reporting a 50-game for banned substance. Looking for a link. Saw it on another site.

moriartp · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:05:02 am »

50 games for "a violation of the minor-league drug program."

That means weed or something, not PEDs right?

Edit: yeah, not PED.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:08:15 am »

Being reported everywhere as “Astros confirm”.

And yeah, likely “drug of abuse”. Probably weed, but could be anything.

What a fucking dumb ass.

TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:11:45 am »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on February 21, 2018, 10:08:15 am

Being reported everywhere as “Astros confirm”.

And yeah, likely “drug of abuse”. Probably weed, but could be anything.

What a fucking dumb ass.

I agree totally HH. How fucking stupid can you be???

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GreatBagwellsBeard · « **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:11:56 am »

Per a San Antonio reporter:

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Can confirm @Buster_ESPN report. Forrest Whitley suspended for 50 games. Source tells me Whitley was at an out of state college baseball game as a fan after his season was over and was given an unknown stimulant by a friend in order to help keep him awake on his long drive home.

Bench · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:14:13 am »

Quote from: GreatBagwellsBeard on February 21, 2018, 10:11:56 am

Per a San Antonio reporter:

If true, that's really dumb. If not true, that's really dumb.

GreatBagwellsBeard · « **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:16:32 am »

Quote from: Bench on February 21, 2018, 10:14:13 am

If true, that's really dumb. If not true, that's really dumb.

Seriously. "Hey bro, have some of this gas station speed, even though coffee won't get you shut down for 50 games."

MusicMan · « **Reply #7 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:29:33 am »

I may not be a smart man, but I know what "speed" is.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #8 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:29:59 am »

He won't be in a game until June then, at the earliest. Nearly kills the idea of a call-up this year.

MusicMan · « **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:30:18 am »

BTW, this is on the heels of Luhnow saying yesterday they were considering calling Whitley up last September if McCullers hadn't gotten healthy.

hostros7 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:31:38 am »

Whitley is from Alamo Heights. This reported incident is definitely not the first time someone handed him an Adderall. If true, this is likely the best case scenario from a variety of really shitty options.

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Jacksonian · « **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:32:23 am »

Quote from: MusicMan on February 21, 2018, 10:30:18 am

BTW, this is on the heels of Luhnow saying yesterday they were considering calling Whitley up last September if McCullers hadn't gotten healthy.

Thinking like a college kid instead of like a professional athlete.

JimR · « **Reply #12 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:50:29 am »

Whitley, not Whitely. What a fucking idiot.

MusicMan · « **Reply #13 on:** February 21, 2018, 10:59:09 am »

Question - wouldn’t a stimulant be classified as PED, not a “drug of abuse”?

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BudGirl · « **Reply #14 on:** February 21, 2018, 11:01:13 am »

Quote from: GreatBagwellsBeard on February 21, 2018, 10:16:32 am

Seriously. "Hey bro, have some of this gas station speed, even though coffee won't get you shut down for 50 games."

a hotel room wouldn't have gotten him suspended either. kids are so stupid.

JimR · « **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2018, 11:16:58 am »

Does he have an appeal or has it already happened?

Navin R Johnson · « **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2018, 11:18:10 am »

Guess we don’t have to worry about super 2 Status this year

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #17 on:** February 21, 2018, 11:23:26 am »

Well, at least he didn't fall a sleep at the wheel.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #18 on:** February 21, 2018, 11:29:17 am »

Quote from: hostros7 on February 21, 2018, 10:31:38 am

Whitley is from Alamo Heights. This reported incident is definitely not the first time someone handed him an Adderall. If true, this is likely the best case scenario from a variety of really shitty options.

Back in the 70s the Alamo Heights kids always had the best weed in San Antonio.

juliogotay · « **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2018, 11:30:02 am »

I'm wondering if this substance was connected to his weight loss.

toddthebod · « **Reply #20 on:** February 21, 2018, 11:38:42 am »

Hopefully, someone will sit him down and read him "The cautionary tale of Jon Singleton: Don't be a Dumbass".

BudGirl · « **Reply #21 on:** February 21, 2018, 12:10:20 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on February 21, 2018, 11:29:17 am

Back in the 70s the Alamo Heights kids always had the best weed in San Antonio.

That's because they bought from the kids in my high school.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #22 on:** February 21, 2018, 12:43:20 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on February 21, 2018, 12:10:20 pm

That's because they bought from the kids in my high school.

I went to MacArthur, commercial weed was all over the town in 1974. But Alamo Heights had the righteous Acapulco Gold and the fine Colombian.

NeilT · « **Reply #23 on:** February 21, 2018, 12:48:20 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on February 21, 2018, 11:29:17 am

Back in the 70s the Alamo Heights kids always had the best weed in San Antonio.

Or so you heard.

BudGirl · « **Reply #24 on:** February 21, 2018, 12:54:12 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on February 21, 2018, 12:43:20 pm

I went to MacArthur, commercial weed was all over the town in 1974. But Alamo Heights had the righteous Acapulco Gold and the fine Colombian.

I'm just saying my high school had some questionable characters. Hell, we had two shooting incidents in my high school years.

jaklewein · « **Reply #25 on:** February 21, 2018, 01:11:18 pm »

Quote from: Jacksonian on February 21, 2018, 10:29:59 am

He won't be in a game until June then, at the earliest. Nearly kills the idea of a call-up this year.

Or it solves the "innings pitched threshold" problem you always hear talked about towards the end of every season regarding you pitchers. If he accepts it, gets back to work and comes back strong, you never know.

Bench · « **Reply #26 on:** February 21, 2018, 01:37:38 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on February 21, 2018, 10:31:38 am

Whitley is from Alamo Heights. This reported incident is definitely not the first time someone handed him an Adderall. If true, this is likely the best case scenario from a variety of really shitty options.

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Freaking 09ers.

Lefty · « **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2018, 06:09:44 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on February 21, 2018, 10:31:38 am

Whitley is from Alamo Heights. This reported incident is definitely not the first time someone handed him an Adderall. If true, this is likely the best case scenario from a variety of really shitty options.

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He should just go ahead and get a prescription like Biggio did.

das · « **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2018, 08:07:01 pm »

Luhnow had some very diplomatic comments about the situation. Interesting they chose to bury the news from noon today 8 stories down on Astros.com (and the app) below stuff from a couple of days ago.

Lefty · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2018, 08:39:01 pm »

Quote from: das on February 21, 2018, 08:07:01 pm

Luhnow had some very diplomatic comments about the situation. Interesting they chose to bury the news from noon today 8 stories down on Astros.com (and the app) below stuff from a couple of days ago.

All we know now is that it was not any sort of steroid.

juliogotay · « **Reply #30 on:** February 22, 2018, 10:31:00 am »

Morosi on MLB TV just described Whitley as MLBs 2nd best pitching prospect after only Ohtani. Time will tell but there were seven pitchers drafted before him in 2016.

Reuben · « **Reply #31 on:** February 22, 2018, 10:48:47 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on February 22, 2018, 10:31:00 am

Morosi on MLB TV just described Whitley as MLBs 2nd best pitching prospect after only Ohtani. Time will tell but there were seven pitchers drafted before him in 2016.

That's how Baseball America views him, although they have several others - Honeywell, Buehler, Keller, Reyes - very close.

toddthebod · « **Reply #32 on:** February 23, 2018, 09:19:46 am »

Honeywell just had a major setback. He tore his UCL and is having Tommy John surgery.