Crazy though it sounds, it was a good thing — on balance — that Fernando Tatis Jr. was suspended for testing positive for a banned substance, whether or not he meant to consume the testosterone-boosting anabolic steroid that's banned also by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Major League Baseball is better for it. And, proving that life can throw knuckleballs worthy of Phil Niekro, the suspension ultimately benefited young Tatis and perhaps the Padres.
When a star player as widely popular and profitable as Tatis loses 80 games and some $3 million in pay, it shows MLB and its proxies can be trusted to enforce its drug policy.
