Outfielder Max Kepler has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug Epitrenbolone,MLB announced 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. He's ranked No. 41 onYahoo Sports' list of this winter's top free agents.
The clock on Kepler's 80-game suspension will begin if he signs a major-league contract for the upcoming season. He is automatically ineligible for the 2026 postseason due to the ban.
According to theU.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 he signed a one-year, $10 million deal to join the Phillies in December 2024.
