Suspensions....

Biogenesis Suspensions 

It was only a matter of time, but the MLB Witch Hunt  investigation of the Biogenesis Clinic will take one more step further as it hands down suspensions to more than a dozen players today, taking the luster off what is shaping to be a terrific baseball season and will surely dominate the headlines for the rest of the year.  Obviously this is not good news.  That's all I have to say about that.

Read about more here. 

And some other reactions...

Among players accepting 50-game suspensions: #Rangers’ Cruz, #Tigers’ Peralta, #Phlllies’ Bastardo, #Mets’ Valdespin, #Padres’ Cabrera.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 5, 2013

Final Biogenesis suspensions: Phillies P Antonio Bastardo, Mets UT Jordany Valdespin and Astros P Sergio Escalona, sources tell Y! Sports.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 5, 2013

Also suspended: #Yankees’ Cervelli, #Mariners’ Montero, #Mets’ Puello, #Astros’ Escalona, #Padres’ De Los Santos, #Yankees’ F. Martinez.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 5, 2013

Free-agent pitcher Jordan Norberto also among suspensions.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 5, 2013

So there are going to be 12 accepted 50-g bans today plus Braun 65-g, and 1 appeal -- guy named A-Rod. #Yankees
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) August 5, 2013

Colon, Grandal, Melky get no additional discipline. No violations found for #Nationals’ Gio Gonzalez. #Orioles’ Valencia. They are clear.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 5, 2013

Today is a sad day for MLB,the fans of this great game, and all players who may have been negatively affected by others selfishness...
— Evan Longoria (@Evan3Longoria) August 5, 2013

For Cruz and Peralta self-interest, accepting the suspensions is a logical choice. They get suspension behind them going into free agency.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) August 5, 2013

Least surprising thing is that players accepted plea deals out of self-interest. They took the PEDs in the first place b/c of self-interest.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) August 5, 2013

Biogenesis suspensions by WAR: Peralta (3.7), Cabrera (3.0), Cruz (1.5), Cervelli (0.7), Bastardo (0.6), Valdespin (-0.3), Montero (-0.5).
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 5, 2013

We'll take a day to collect our thoughts and fill you in about what we think as fans, but I don't like this one bit.  It's a sad day for Major League Baseball.