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Max Kepler has played 11 MLB seasons and spent 2025 with the Phillies after a decade with the Twins. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
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Outfielder Max Kepler has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug Epitrenbolone, MLB announced on Friday.
The 32-year-old Kepler is currently a free agent after spending last season with the Philadelphia Phillies. He played 127 games in 2025, slashing .216/.300/.391 with 18 home runs and 52 RBI.
The clock on Kepler's 80-game suspension will begin if he signs a major league contract for the upcoming season.
According to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Epitrenbolone is a metabolite of trenbolone, an anabolic steroid.
Kepler has played 11 MLB seasons, his first 10 with the Minnesota Twins before signing a one-year, $10 million deal to join the Phillies in December 2024.
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