Yeury Tatiz and Charlie Zink suspended due to positive doping tests

NEW YORK – Seattle Mariners right-hander Yeury Tatiz was suspended for 80 games and Boston Red Sox right-hander Charlie Zink was suspended for 56 games after testing positive for drug abuse.

Tatiz was suspended under the minor league doping program for testing positive for clomiphene, the commissioner’s office said Friday. Zink was disciplined under the minor league doping program for testing positive for stanozolol, the commissioner’s office said Friday.

Tatiz, 23, is 1-2 with a 3.00 ERA in 21 relief appearances for High-A Modesto this year. He signed with Seattle in 2017 and received a $425,000 signing bonus.

Zink has a no-hit record and an ERA of 8.53 in four starts for the Dominican Summer League Red Sox. The 18-year-old from Curaçao signed in December for a $70,000 bonus.

This year, six players were disciplined under the minor league program and two under the new program for minor league players stationed outside the United States and Canada.

One player was banned this year as part of the Major League doping program: Noelvi Marté, a 22-year-old infielder and promising young player for the Cincinnati Reds, missed the first 80 games of the season after testing positive for boldenone.