Major League Baseball was hit with a proposed class action Monday by Washington Nationals catcher Felipe “Tres” Barrera III who alleges he was suspended after falsely testing positive for the steroid Oral Turinabol.
Barrera asserts he was wrongfully suspended for 80 games after testing positive for the substance, also known as Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone or DHCMT.
The lawsuit seeks certification of a class of major and minor league baseball players who were suspended based on a positive test for DHCMT—a test the complaint alleges to be “junk science.”
The league violated the rights of each class member by wrongfully and knowingly misrepresenting ...
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